You don’t GET respect...

You EARN it.

When I think of the USA I think of the long weekend that I just had. I kicked it off with some Golf with my dad, and the rest was history... it was a fun, event filled holiday weekend! Lots of cookouts, laughter, friends, family and hot sunny weather capped off every night with blasts of colorful dynamite sticks in the clear summer night skies. This weekend is officially the celebration of our great country and it is what being an American is all about. Flags waived everywhere and smiles and sun-tans were the normal attire.

All of this ‘flag waiving’ and Patriotism as well as the World Cup Soccer tournament that is currently underway has got me thinking and talking to friends about about a powerful word. A word that is so powerful everyone desires it... This word is so powerful that nations will fight for it, Soccer teams are currently bringing together millions to battle for it, and believe it or not some people will even kill for it.

This word is so powerful that Rodney Dangerfield made millions laughs and millions of dollars off this word. This word is so powerful that in 1967 Aretha Franklin had a hit song about this word that sent her to the top and gave her a name...

Well, here is, in my opinion, the ironic thing about this respect, there are many many people that will earn this with out even knowing it or trying to get it. I mean there are literally people out there in this world that have respect simply by just simply living there life and nothing more... by just being themselves. So while one person is killing for it and demanding it, and while countries are battling for it on the soccer pitch around the world, and Aretha franklin is singing about it and Rdney Dangerfield was making millions with it... another is just living their life and earning it without even realizing it...

Have you ever just met a guy or a girl and in an instant you admire them, trust them, and... well, respect them? I have... and the people I’m thinking of didn’t force me to or even ask me to respect them... it was just an overwhelming feeling and sense of knowing that this person is someone I “respect”.

So what is this word respect and what makes it so powerful? what is the trick or ‘secret’ to gaining respect. How do you know if you are respected?

Now I know that this powerful word itself, RESPECT, is not necessarily a secret, but, there must be some kind of trick or secret, if you will, to getting respect otherwise everyone would be respected... I mean seriously, look around you...I’m sure there are a LOT of people and countries that you do not respect and very few that you do. I am sure that there are many people who don’t respect me... that’s what this is all about... how can we gain and earn MORE RESPECT and be more conscious of respect is, how can know the secret so as to live a more respected life for ourselves and others?

I believe that respect is intangible... it’s a feeling, and it’s an earned position. Respect is earned by words and by actions. Things like keeping your promises, proactively providing service, becoming more personally involved with the success of your friends and customers, and taking responsibility even when the responsibility is not really yours.

Respect is all about the extra effort. It’s the extra mile as they say. It’s the extra measure of sincere effort that puts you in to your dialogue of your process. Others will see that you truly do care about them and will respect the effort.

Here is an important point we often forget about respect... Very few people will actually say to you “I respect you”, but rather they will do things that will prove their respect with out ever having to say a word. Things like placing an order or buying from you.. or even placing a second order or giving you a referral... even things like simply taking your phone call or returning your phone call... these things all show respect!

Here is the secret I was talking about... RESPECT IS PERSONAL!

Personal in two ways...

1.) The more personal you are with others the more respect you will earn.

2.) In order to earn the respect of others you must first respect yourself. (This is the most important secret and the hardest for me)

(2.5) make sure you are constant, my biggest problem!!! ;-)

The secret is easy - Do the right’ thing all the time, and respect will be yours. Say the ‘right’ words, take the right actions, and believe in your heart that it’s the BEST that you can do - for yourself first, and for others second.”

-Jeffrey Gitomer

Because self respect is the hardest I will elaborate on this. You see, having ‘self respect’ you must have confidence in yourself. You have to like what you do. You have to always be willing to serve others. You have to like yourself, and you have to LOVE yourself. And always remember that like and LOVE are two separate issues! You may like yourself for how you look, or how you do at work, or how you communicate, but do you honestly LOVE yourself for the person you are... what you believe in, and or what and who you seek to become?

Loving yourself gives you the ultimate opportunity to respect yourself. I’m not saying that you have to be prude, or a ‘goody two-shoes’ or perfect as GOD knows I am certainly not and yet I have a ton of respect for myself or ‘self-respect’... Constancy is the key!!!!

What ‘self respect’ means is doing the ‘right’ thing for yourself and taking the ‘right’ actions for yourself... and of course loving yourself enough that it is evident when you enter a room - so evident that your expressions come as much from your heart as they do from your mind, and the same with your actions. (again, consistency is the key! make tis a habit!)

So here is my challenge to you as I will take the same challenge. I challenge you to spend the day or rest of this week in retrospect or ‘retro-spect’... make a chart and begin to document all the ‘good’ things that you have done for yourself and all of the good things that you have done for others... Be conscious of all of your words and actions! Be real enough to be able to admit all of the things that you like and love about yourself, this is when the EGO is actually a great thing! ;-)

After you take some time to chart all the good things you say and do. Document what you need to change about yourself that will make you better and stronger. Maybe you don’t like what you see in the mirror or it could be some of the personal choices and or habits that you make, or maybe it’s your environment. But whatever it is, if you don’t acknowledge it, you will never be able to change it or enhance it! You will never be able to grow in earning respect from others until you first grow in respecting yourself!

One of the most interesting parts of respect to me is that there is no measuring tool, there’s no “how much do you respect me?” I believe that respect begins with opportunity and ends with reality.

Here is the “bottom Line” as I like to say,

“You can only truly get respect by earning it, and respect can only grow slowly over time!”

Here is to R-E-S-P-E-C-T, and “I aint Got no Respect!”... here is to our great Nation that is slowly earning respect on the soccer pitch and to us all who respected our flag this weekend and every day as we celebrated a wonderfully free nation... Here is to you and me and are conscious adventure toward liking and loving ourselves so much so that we may respect ourselves enough to be highly respected by others!

CHEERS,

Much Respect...

and ONE LOVE,

RYAN BROWN

"Train Your Mind, Change Your Life!"

~RYAN BROWN~

Why am I “FAT”

(Part 1)

8 Causes of Weight Gain;

You’re stuffed after a big restaurant dinner — but then the dessert cart rolls around, and you just have to order that gorgeous chocolate mousse. Or you’re munching from a big bag of chips while checking emails, and when you look up, the bag is empty. Sound familiar?

Environmental factors — like package size, portion size, the variety of food you’re served, and the size of your plate — can influence your eating more than you realize, experts say. Indeed, if we always ate only when we were really hungry and stopped when we were full, there would be no obesity epidemic.

The key, experts say, is to become more aware of these causes of overeating, which can help you resist the temptations and avoid weight gain.

“Once you become aware of the environmental cues that can sabotage your diet, you can react accordingly and make smart decisions,” says nutrition expert Susan Moores, RD. Simple things such as bringing tempting snacks into your house, moving the candy jar at work out of sight, making fruits and vegetables more visible in your refrigerator, and eating more deliberately and slowly, can cut down on overeating and help you lose weight, Moores says.

Here are eight factors that can cause overeating and weight gain:

1. Sights, Sounds, and Smells

Overeating can be triggered by the alluring smell of bacon cooking, the sound of popcorn popping, advertisements for junk food, and so on. “You are influenced by your surroundings, and our studies show these kinds of cues result in eating more food,” says Cornell University researcher Brian Wansink, PhD, author of Mindful Eating.

2. Distracted Eating

“Eating amnesia” is the act of almost unconsciously putting food in your mouth, usually from a big bag or bowl while sitting in front of the television, reading a book, checking emails, or during happy hour.

It’s also easy not to register the tastes you take while cooking, or those last few bites from the kids’ plates that you finish off.

Multi-tasking can lead to overeating because you’re not paying attention to what you are eating. When you eat more mindfully, you really taste the food — and are more likely to feel satisfied sooner. “Food should touch more of your senses to be satisfying, instead of just filling in the hole,” Moores says.

3. Food, Food Everywhere

Everywhere you turn, there are opportunities to eat — at drive-through restaurants, vending machines, even gas stations. And when food is in front of us, we tend to eat more of it, experts say.

Wansink and colleagues found that when candy was easily accessible on workers’ desks, they ate an average of nine pieces a day, and didn’t realize how many they ate. But when the candy was kept in their desk drawers, they ate about six pieces per day. And when they had to get up from their desks to reach the candy six feet away, they only ate four pieces.

Curb your instinct to overeat sweets and snacks by moving them out of sight — and putting more healthful foods into plain view. Resist the urge to splurge on unhealthy foods by carrying your own healthy snacks.

4. Food that’s Fast, Convenient, and Inexpensive

Fast-food restaurants on every corner offering inexpensive food also encourage us to eat more and more often. Combo meal deals sound like a bargain, but they are loaded with fat, sodium, and calories.

Also, “when you eat lots of fast food, it all starts to taste the same, and you can become satisfied with a small range of flavors and sometimes it is hard to get enough,” says Moores.

To help yourself resist the temptation, work on developing a taste for the subtle, natural flavors of food, suggests Moores.

Dietitians recommend limiting visits to fast-food restaurants to once a week. And, they say, choose the healthier menu options — like salads and grilled chicken sandwiches — even if they cost a little more.

Stay tuned in as tomorrow we’ll give you four more reasons you may be (getting) fat.

5. Portion Distortion

Our idea of a normal portion has become skewed, in part because so many restaurants serve oversized portions. “Giant portions seem to have evolved into the norm, and many people have trouble understanding how much they should eat,” Moores says.

To understand what a portion should look like, pull out the measuring cups, and see how your portions stack up against the standards from the U.S. government’s mypyramid.gov web site.

Another answer to the portion dilemma is to eat more foods that are less calorically dense. These are foods that contain lots of water and fiber, but not many calories — like fruits, vegetables, salads, and broth-based soups. Researcher Barbara Rolls, PhD, and colleagues at Penn State University found that it’s possible to reduce calories without increasing hunger by eating more of these types of foods.

Mindful eating can help here, too. “Eat slowly, taste the food and become more in touch with what you are eating and how it tastes so you can enjoy it more and start to appreciate satisfaction with smaller portions,” Moores says.

6. Giant-Size Packages

You’ll find plenty of bargains on mega-sized packages at super-discount stores like Costco or Sam’s. But unfortunately, experts say, these giant containers can affect us on an unconscious level and cause us to eat more. Researchers have found that when you eat from a large container, you are likely to consume 25% to 50% more than you would from a smaller package — especially when you’re eating snacks and sweets.

“First, try to get out of the habit of always eating something while you are sitting, relaxing, or watching television,” says American Dietetic Association spokeswoman Tara Gidus, MS, RD. “Try a cup of tea, glass of water, or chew a piece of sugarless gum. If you want a snack, portion it out of the bag or container or buy smaller packages like the 100-calorie snack packs.”

7. Not-So-Dainty Dishware

Researchers have found that we tend to eat more when we’re served from larger containers. Wansink and colleagues found that when students were given food in larger bowls, they served themselves 53% more and consumed 56% more than those who used smaller bowls.

When you use smaller bowls, plates, spoons, and cups, you won’t feel deprived because the food will look more plentiful, Wansink says. Daintier dishware and smaller utensils can also help slow your eating.

8. Too Much Variety

A buffet restaurant can be a dieter’s nightmare. Too many choices encourages having a taste (or more) of everything, and before you know it, your plate runneth over. “Too much variety on your plate at one meal can often mean too much food overall,” says Connie Diekman, MEd, RD, director of nutrition at Washington University and past president of the American Dietetic Association.

So use variety to help meet your nutritional needs, but concentrate on the right foods. Eating a variety of foods is great, as long as the foods are low in calories and rich in nutrients — like fruits, beans, vegetables, broth soups, whole grains, and low-fat dairy

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Hey Fatty!!!

Starve Yourself!!!

If you have ever struggled with your weight, your diet, or self-image, this may very well be the toughest article you will ever read. As a health and fitness professional, I obviously don’t advocate binging, purging, or actually starving yourself. However, summer is right around the corner and two months ago was the best time for you to start getting in shape for it. Unfortunately, you procrastinated again like last year, and are willing to try anything drastic, except probably what is right for you to do. So, Hey Fatty!! Starve yourself!! Right? WRONG!!! (Kind of)

Okay, I said I don’t advocate starving, and I don’t, but in context to what you will soon find out, it’s slightly okay. However, if what you read leads you into an unsatisfying cycle of losing 5 lbs, and having to lose 5 more, and then 5 more, you probably have an issue with self-image (email me and we’ll talk about it). In the last year I have met more people with eating disorders and body image issues than ever in my career as a trainer. Understanding that, please take lightly my choice of title and keep reading.

We’ve all read the articles about nutrition, metabolism, weight/cardio/interval training, and adjusting your calories for the type of activity we’re involved in. Fortunately, you have me on your side, guiding you to success! As much as I love, LOVE exercise, its science, and the way it affects the body, I often tend to overcomplicate things. Since I’ve learned this about myself it has become a goal of mine to simplify things, and therefore encourage you to do the same. Below are a few basic rules on HEALTHY starvation to help you reach your goals before summer!

• If you don’t guess how much money is in your bank account, don’t guess how much you eat, weigh, or exercise. Always know your numbers. For some of you this means writing things down. For others it means actually using your Calorie Count App on your iPhone. i.e. I currently weigh 220, and have a goal of 195 by April 24^th. To maintain my weight I need 2875 calories per day. To weigh 195, I need 2548 calories per day. You could almost say losing 25 lbs will make me a whole new person!!!

• Based on the first point, decide who you want to be in regard to weight. Understand that if you don’t like the way you look and feel, you need to starve that person!!! Therefore, you must feed the person you are becoming!!! By feeding myself 2548 calories a day, I am making a constant decision THAT I WEIGH 195. By starving the 220 pound angry beast I’ve become, and feeding my lean 195 pound frame, my attitude doesn’t crave anything except the calories I need!!

• Simplify. My calories listed above don’t reflect daily exercise. The 160 pound lady that challenged me on this so-called simplification process still weighs 160 pounds 8 months later. She told me she felt like she was “starving” of all things. Seriously?! The only problem is, she doesn’t want to feed the 140 pound lean body we had talked about. Instead she’s still feeding her 160 pound angry beast!!!

• Work Slowly!!! Instead of feeding the 195 lb frame, I am currently feeding my 215 lb frame, once I get to 215, I will feed the 210, 205, and so on…

• Email me for more information on starving yourself, and feeding who you want to be!

“Do you believe in yourself? I believe in you!”

---Marshall Curtis---

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The Scales Can Lie:

"Hidden Fat"

Can you be normal weight

and fat at the same time?

That’s the implication of a provocative recent report from the Mayo Clinic, which suggests that fat in your body can get you and your heart into trouble even if you don’t look fat and if the scale tells you you’re healthy.

The Mayo researchers, led by cardiologist Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, have coined a term for the phenomenon: normal weight obesity. In a study that looked at data from 6,171 Americans with normal body size, as measured by body mass index, those with a high percentage of body fat were at significantly greater risk of future heart problems than those with low amounts of fat. Their bodies “behave like they are obese, but they are not,” Dr. Lopez-Jimenez says.

Even some thin people could be at risk for health issues typically associated with individuals who are fat, Ron Winslow reports.

People don’t have to be overweight to have excess body fat. Instead, these people have a higher ratio of fat to muscle tissue than do people with low body fat. Indeed, even people of the same weight, or those with comparable body mass index, which factors together weight and height, can have different body-fat percentages.

Based on results of the nine-year study, as well as U.S. Census and obesity data, Dr. Lopez-Jimenez and his colleagues estimate that as many as 30 million Americans may fall into the normal-weight-obesity category, many of them unaware they may be at increased heart risk.

The study “drills down on a population where we’re making assumptions that everybody is healthy. It may well be that they’re not,” says Robert Eckel, an obesity and metabolic-syndrome expert at the University of Colorado, Denver, who wasn’t involved with the study.

Indeed, Dr. Eckel says he doesn’t think the study’s results mean people should have their body fat measured to assess their cardiac risk. Generally, a little extra weight around the middle among normal weight people should be a sufficient wakeup call, other doctors say. More research is needed to determine whether reducing body fat percentage in such people would lower risk of heart disease.

Still, body-fat assessment is a common feature at many gyms. At Equinox Fitness Club, a national chain based in New York, members get a body-composition test as part of an initial assessment before they begin a training regimen. “This is a culture obsessed with weight, but very little attention is paid to the composition of that weight,” says Geralyn Coopersmith, an exercise physiologist and senior national manager for Equinox’s training program.

Among some of the Mayo Clinic study’s findings: High body fat among normal-weight men and women was associated with a nearly four-fold increase in the risk for metabolic syndrome—a cluster of abnormalities including elevated blood sugar and blood pressure. This syndrome is common among people who are obese and is an increasingly important precursor to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. For women, high body fat meant a heightened risk of being diagnosed with cardiovascular disease over the course of the study. Both men and women had a higher risk of abnormal cholesterol and men with high body fat were more likely to develop high blood pressure.

The research suggests that body mass index, or BMI, the tool doctors and researchers often use to determine whether a person is obese, may fall short in some cases as an indicator of good health. BMI is obtained by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters squared. People with a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9—the range for the participants in the Mayo study—are considered to be normal weight under government guidelines. A BMI of 30 or higher indicates obesity, while people in the range from 25 to 29.9 are considered overweight. The overweight category in particular has generated controversy because many people who exercise regularly and are considered fit have BMIs above 25.

Fit Versus Fat

Dr. Lopez-Jimenez says that measuring body fat could help identify previously unappreciated risk in the normal-weight population. He likens the issue to cholesterol. Total cholesterol below 200 has long been considered a heart-healthy target, but research has also shown that people can have “healthy” total cholesterol but low levels of HDL, or good cholesterol, and high levels of LDL, or bad cholesterol, that put them at heightened risk for heart attacks.

Monika Sumpter, a 34-year-old training manager at Equinox Fitness in New York City, says she once weighed 170 pounds and had a body fat percentage of “a little over 30%,” a high reading. She says she lost 45 pounds with diet and some aerobic exercises, but reduced her body fat percentage only to about 25%. So, over the past 18 months, Ms. Sumpter says she added strength training and other exercise to her cardio workout. Although she has put 20 pounds back on, her body fat percentage is down to 14%, she says.

For consumers, conversations about body fat and body composition are more likely to happen during a workout with a personal trainer than at a doctor’s office during an examination. The test isn’t a widely accepted clinical measurement. And there isn’t a consensus among medical experts about what percentage of body fat is “normal” or what level indicates higher risk.

Some gyms have their own guidelines. At Equinox Fitness Club, trainers consider body composition and waist circumference—another indicator of body fat—more important in assessing fitness of many members than weight. The club’s Ms. Coopersmith says that, based on data from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Council on Exercise, Equinox considers body fat percentages between 25% and 31% for women, and 18% to 26% for men, as “acceptable.” Women with body fat of 21% to 24%, and men with 14% to 17%, are “fit.” People who reach even lower levels of body fat are considered “athletic,” she says.

The findings of the Mayo study, which was published in November in the European Heart Journal, suggest that reducing heart risk requires increasing the percentage of lean muscle mass at the expense of body fat. That underscores the importance of exercise in maintaining cardiovascular health—including weight lifting and other resistance training, which helps build lean body mass.

Eating a healthy diet is important in reducing body fat, too, but Dr. Lopez-Jimenez observes that if you only restrict calories, you risk losing an equal amount of body fat and lean muscle tissue and thus you could end up weighing less without significantly reducing the percentage of body fat.

Sara Bakken Lee, a 39, a Mayo Clinic staffer, is stepping up her weight training as part of an intense regular exercise program in an effort to get her body fat percentage to 23% from about 26% in December.

When she began to target body fat in her exercise program two years ago, her BMI was 26, just slightly into the overweight category. “I didn’t like being in that category when I didn’t think of myself as being overweight.” Her body fat at the time was 33.7%.

This December, after losing weight on a diet and continuing with a six-day exercise program, her BMI was 23.4, with body fat at 26%. “I’m in the moderately lean category, which makes me very happy.” She hopes to reach a body fat level of 23% by June by adding a third day of weight-lifting to her workout routine.

“If you’re at a sloppy normal weight, that’s not going to be good for you,” says John M. Jakicic director of the physical activity and weight management research center at University of Pittsburgh, who wasn’t involved with the study. “It argues that exercise is the intervention we should be targeting.”

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"Train Your Mind, Change Your Life!"

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‘UNFOLD YOUR LOVE’

to unfold your

'FIT+MIND'

“Match Your Heartbeat

to that of the Universe.”

J.RandallAllen

It has been said that the universe has a “Heartbeat” just as we humans have a ‘Heartbeat’. Could this be true? Could it be possible that the Universe as we know it has an energy so great, so powerful, and so amazing that it is constantly and consistently beating in a beautiful, solid flowing rhythm which is in harmony with all of life? Is ‘life’ as we know it trying to keep up with this rhythm... with this ever beating heart just as we humans try to keep up with the pace of our own heartbeat...

What is this Heartbeat of the Universe? I will tell you... It is an ever flowing, rhythmically pulsating, constant source of energy that sends Light, Love, Abundance and Joy to the world and all that is in it.... It is perpetually pumping as an eternal fountain of pure potentiality, pulsating it’s purest love to all those who are open to receive it... And just as the source of life to the human body is the heart, there is a source of “life” to the universe. No matter the name ‘you’ call it, the question is, and always will be, what do you believe that source to be sending you?

In the universal sense, ‘LOVE’ is the divine power of attraction in creation that harmonizes, unites,

and binds us together...

Those who live in tune with the attractive force of ‘LOVE’ achieve harmony with nature and their fellow beings, and are attracted to a blissful reunion with God.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

That was a lot of information to take in... let me try and explain... You see, as I’m sure you already know, the human heart is responsible for pumping and circulating blood throughout the entire body, this is the true river of life. Now here is what a lot of us don’t realize or at least really pay attention too, and that is, every cell in the body requires nutrients from blood. Now this blood is constantly, and of course consistently, carried to and from the heart by vessels. These vessels transport the necessary nutrients throughout our entire body. Simple enough? OK, well here is the interesting part; Most people have never seen an exposed artery or a wide open chest with a beating heart or even a live vein carrying ‘deoxygenated’ blood back toward the heart... Yet we all know and have faith that our hearts beat and that our vessels carry blood back and fourth to “feed” our body and then the cycle repeats itself, BILLIONS of times. We do not fight this process because we know it is much, MUCH greater than us. We just simply allow it to happen, allow it to flow.

Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out LOVE. LOVE is infectious, and the greatest healing energy.
-Sai Baba

Now, remember above when I just talked about how it has been said that the Universe has a heartbeat? Well I want you to now imagine this ‘Heart’ of the Universe. Imagine it as a source that is always pumping and sending energy to the world. And that this energy, at its purest form, is LOVE. Imagine how, no matter what you believe or think, no matter what you feel or experience, this heart is always pulsating LOVE to and through its ‘vessels’. You following me here? Re-read that if you missed it, this is the important part!

Every day is Christmas when you are open to receiving love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

OK, now that you understand the above I want you to now see yourself, and all living things, as one of those vessels that carries this LOVE... And I want you to understand that you have the privilege to receive, embrace and pass along this magical energy, this perfect LOVE, to all, and to everything that you may ever encounter – you are a ‘vessel of abundant LOVE’ and you are to pass this LOVE along to other ‘vessels of LOVE’, small or large. And this lifeblood – ‘LOVE’ - continues until it reaches the smallest levels of life on this Earth and until it is then carried back to the source, the ‘HEART’... and then of course, just like our own hearts, in our own bodies, this process repeats itself, an infinite number of times!

Here is the beauty in all of this... What if, just what if, you believed this process to be bigger than you and self evident? What if you knew that Love, Abundance, Peace and Joy were always being sent to you for you to receive, embrace and share? How would this change your life? What if you allowed this LOVE to flow? Would you live differently?

I tell you this, the Heart Attack of LOVE is hate.

-Ryan Brown

*Just as Ryan always mentions, “positive attitude comes from within”, so does your belief in this Heartbeat. This typical pattern is as follows;

Whatever you look for - you see, “seeing is believing” and belief is simply a trust or confidence in something to be true. All you have to really do is begin to be aware of this presence of the Heartbeat of the Universe. This Heartbeat that is constantly and incessantly sending Love – and all that is encompassed within - to you and throughout the entire world. Look for it, it is there and once you do, you will activate your L.A.S. or ‘Love Awareness System’. This L.A.S. finds and sees love within everything. You will begin to experience this LOVE and JOY on a daily basis. That pervasive LOVE will be so true to you that you will unequivocally believe in that magnificent Heartbeat of the Universe. It is always there for you to receive and ultimately, in order for you to receive more you must ‘pass it on’!!

An artery with stagnant blood clots and shuts down – as does a human that does not allow LOVE or share LOVE. This LOVE is ever present within and without you. It’s flowing whether you know it or not, whether you believe it or not, whether you want it or not... The blood vessel must receive, carry and pass on the blood to receive more and stay open and alive. Likewise, we must receive, embrace and very importantly share love with all to receive more and remain truly ALIVE! When we believe in that universal Love, that permeates and penetrates ‘everything’ and ‘nothing’ at the same time... When we believe that we are privileged to receive, embrace and share that LOVE and are forever grateful for its presence and power… When we believe that LOVE has the necessary “nutrients” to “feed” all of LIFE… When we believe that the actual ‘lifeblood’ of the Universe is LOVE.......Then, and only then, will we truly matched our heartbeats with that of The Universe.

Imagine the possibilities when we allow love to be the food that nourishes our soul.

– Michael Teal

I will leave ya all with this...

In one of my favorite songs of all time, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, George Harrison so eloquently questioned,

“I don’t know why, nobody told you, how to unfold your love?”

Well I have just told you... and it has been said; Align your Heartbeat with that of the Universe and I can assure you that you will learn, experience and “know” how it feels to ‘unfold your love’…

"Don't look for your dreams to come true,

look to become true to your dreams!"

---J. RANDALL ALLEN---

"Train Your Mind, Change Your Life!"

~FITminds, USA~

“This is your life,

are you who you want to be?”

-Switchfoot

“If you’re not a champion, you’re losing.”

“… You are going to win a national championship for Alabama!”, Bryant Said.

What he didn’t say is, “you might”, or “you could”.

Instead, Paul “Bear” Bryant said,

“YOU ARE”.

You might know Paul “Bear” Bryant as an American college football coach. What you might not know is that Bryant is considered by many as one of the best coaches to ever coach the game. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team and during his twenty-five year tenure as Alabama's head coach he accumulated six national championships and thirteen conference championships! Upon his retirement in 1982 he held the record for most wins as head coach in collegiate football history. At the University of Alabama, in his honor, now stand are the Paul W. Bryant Museum, Paul W. Bryant Drive and Bryant-Denny Stadium. Some of you may even remember him for his trademark ‘houndstooth hat’, deep voice, casually leaning up against the goal post during pre-game warmups, and frequently holding his rolled-up game plan while on the sidelines.... An honest and hardworking man, Paul “BEAR” Bryant was a leader and was confident.

Now, what you might not know is that Bryant had a belief, a faith and a confidence in not just himself and his football team, but also in God. This is what drove him to become such a great leader. My great-grandmother died when I was 15. If I could ask her one more question, I would ask her what it was like to go to a family reunion with her 1^st cousin Paul “Bear” Bryant. I would ask her what she thinks moved his heart so much that eventually led him to become arguably the greatest college football coach of all time. Knowing my grandmother, she would respond with something like, the bible verse Matthew 6:21 which states,

“for where your treasure is,

there will your heart be also.”

Or Matthew 12:34,

“from the abundance of the heart,

the mouth speaks.”

The truth about the heart of Bear Bryant from the words of his mouth is that he was “Champion-Minded”. His treasure (money/time), and therefore his heart was in developing young men to achieve their best. His confidence in motivating them to believe that being a CHAMPION was in acting outside of themselves, acting as a team, and believing together, for one common goal.

The point is, and the questions I have for you are simple but yet seem very complex. If the following questions sound like they were geared or directed to, or at you, then please let me, let us, help you discover your confidence, your treasure, and, most importantly, your faith in yourself, your life, and your abilities.

“You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around?

What are they doing to me?

What have they got me reading?

What have they got me saying?

Where do they have me going?

What do they have me thinking?

And most important,

what do they have me becoming?

Then ask yourself the big question:

Is that okay?

Your life does not get better by chance,

it gets better by CHANGE.”

-Jim Rohn

So here are ‘my’ questions for you;

When you woke up today what was your purpose?

Do you spend your hard earned money on food that fattens you?

Do you shop for clothes that make you look ‘lean’ or ‘skinny’ because your treasures are in the things that weigh you down and alter your perception of the truth of ‘who you really are’ ?

Are you are out of shape and depressed?

Do you you hate your job?

Do you perform poorly at your job because you think you’re better than the job you have.

If you have answered “YES” to any of the above, then you may have flipped a certain switch off and my job, OUR job is to turn it back on! And that is exactly what I will do, That is exactly why we are here!

I am going to ‘TRAIN YOUR MIND’ and lead you through steps of positivity and success.

I am going to motivate you! I believe in you!”

-Marshall Curtis

**You do have a responsibility in this however. You must be willing. You must be EXCITED! You must start to now see yourself as everything you have ever dreamed to be. I WILL help you.

Together, we will discover the Champion-Minded, person of character and class inside of you!

“Your FIT-MIND awaits you!”

Contact me for any questions you have about becoming the new you that you deserve and desire,

Just click HERE

“Do you believe in yourself? I believe in you!”

---Marshall Curtis---

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