Keep Your Eye On The Ball
Written somewhere in the neighborhood of 2002, when my girl really was a girl! See yourself in it?
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Yesterday, the Rockies (Jill’s team) beat the stuffing out of the Florida Marlins, 12 – 6.
And I know exactly why we won.
Coming from our embarrassing 11-2 loss, Jillian and I got there nice and early so we could take some batting practice. At the last game our scorekeeper Steve pointed out how we struck out a whopping 14 times in six innings! Six of those 14 were called third strikes!
We went down without a fight!
So obviously a key for us was hitting the ball, or at least not being afraid to swing.
I remembered my own ball playing days… how I self-corrected my swing with one simple move.
If you’re a baseball fan, you know how complicated people try to make hitting. Adjust your hips that way, point your front foot toward the sun, click your heels together three times, etc.
The one simple move that caused me to start hitting line drives instead of weak ground balls was the following…
Keep your eyes on the ball while you swing the bat.
Sounds obvious right?
But the truth is, people try to swing as hard as they can, and when they do, they tend to pull their head off the ball.
Makes for a harder swing, but an inaccurate one. A hard choppy swing in the wrong place will cause the a miss, a ground ball, or a weak little pop up.
I remember swinging with all my strength and hitting frail, useless little infield flies.
Then I remember making my adjustment and finding the gaps between the outfielders.
Run Larry, Run!!
So I transferred this memory to the Rockies who showed up enough before game time to take batting practice. Six girls were made to keep their heads on the ball all the way through the swing.
They sprayed line drives all over the place!
So what do you think happened at game time? Beside that beautiful final score, the Rockies struck out a total of six times in five innings. Only ONE player struck out looking (who wasn’t at batting practice.) Even the outs were fun!!!
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Now, let’s talk about YOU!!!!
When you’re doing important stuff, are you flailing away wildly, only connecting on a little piece of what you need to do because your head isn’t in the right place?
Or are you not swinging, waiting passively for someone to tell you that you can walk, even if you’ve only advanced because of someone else’s mistakes?
Or is your energy FOCUSED and CONCENTRATED on the target, with your head in the right place, so that when you make your move, you create an IMPACT that causes a chain reaction of success?
Step up to the plate and take your best swing!
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It’s Spring time Baby!
People are in production mode.
They’re selling. They’re buying.
They’re raising their energy.
And they’re looking for people to do the same.
Get the bat off your shoulder!
A Bridge And A Babe!
Driving down to Long Island to pick up a car from my parents (long story), my daughter Jill and I were cruising through the Bronx when she blurted out…
“Hey Dad, let’s go to Manhattan!”
I hesitated for a moment, then realized this kind of spontaneity is where memories are made and genius is born.
So not wanting to drive into Manhattan (even on a Sunday) I did some lightning quick thinking and pulled off the highway, right near Pelham Bay Park, at the entrance to the Number Six subway.
We got out, parked and took a short stroll to the subway entrance. 39 stops later (yep…I counted ‘em) we got out at Canal Street in Chinatown. A quick stop for the world’s best steamed pork buns, plus a street hot dog for Jill, and there we were. See for yourself!
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If you get out of the little box we all put ourselves in, and listen to that voice of adventure inside, you can have some really cool experiences.
And if you do it often enough, it starts to become a way of life!
Happy Trails!
How To Never Make More Than Ten Dollars An Hour
A while back I saw a post in my Facebook newsfeed. It had something to do with the merits of a job as a babysitter.
Being a guy who used to use them for my kids, I appreciate the value of a good babysitter. Someone who kept our kids safe and entertained.
And that value? About four or five bucks an hour, at least back in the old days!
So I responded…that’s what the market will pay…eight dollars an hour, give or take. (I adjusted for inflation.)
Boy, was I corrected quickly! It’s all the way up to ten bucks an hour!
Here’s my take on it: it’s great money…if you’re a teenager, or someone who can take that ten dollars an hour and feel like the richest kid on the block.
For someone who wants to live life abundantly, with the liberty and choices that money brings…what’s the difference?
It never occurred to the people jumping up and down on me about the two dollar difference, that their MINDSET was off.
Well, it wasn’t “wrong.” But their thoughts and emotions about money and what they were worth were locking them into an income limit of ten dollars an hour.
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Here’s my question to you…
What are your thoughts and feelings locking you into?
Where is your mental and emotional ceiling on…
* Money?
* Love?
* Security?
* Health?
You may not know the answer to that question, but I promise…you have one.
If you believe it’s possible to receive more than you have now…
If you believe you are worth more than you’re living now…
If you’re willing to start on something good, for a really small investment.
(Less than an evening’s worth of babysitting wages)
Pick up a copy of HOW TO RECEIVE.
If not, that’s fine. Everyone gets to live their life however they want, as long as they aren’t hurting
someone else.
But no belly aching about what you don’t have, at least not to me.
And no complaining about the economy or the job market.
Because believe it or not, when you learn HOW TO RECEIVE, you begin to create your own economy around you.
Tag….You’re It!
Your Pal,
Larry
Know why babysitters – even good ones – don’t get more than ten bucks an hour (usually)? Supply and demand. If your sitter leaves, there are usually plenty of others to replace her (or him).
You are paid based on your leverage and your value in the marketplace.
Mostly you are paid on what YOU believe your worth is.
Because you will make a thousand big small choices that will determine how others respond to you…
…and how much value you bring to them…
…and how much money (and other good stuff) you’ll receive.
Decide if you want to receive more, by letting more of yourself come out to play!
What’s The Alternative?
I recently had a temper tantrum.
It’s news, because (with the exception of my daughters…you can ask them), there are very few people or things that cause me to lose my temper.
The details aren’t important. Had to do with phones and computers and waiting an unreasonable amount of time for both.
But I did something that is way out of character for me….
Yup…I had a temper tantrum.
When I found out a phone line that was supposed to be installed hadn’t been, I got quiet. I might have muttered a swear word under my breath.
I stormed around, berating the pace at which people were working. Although I was doing it quietly.
It wasn’t the volume of the complaining. It wasn’t loud.
It was the emotion I was experiencing. My soul turned black and cold for a few minutes.
Then after complaining to a supervisor, I settled down. As in, my emotions got back in line. I reached for everything that was going right in my life. There was plenty to find.
Then I was talking with a friend who had witnessed my tantrum, or more accurately, the time period in which I was having it.
I told her my tantrum was over.
Erin said, “If you had a tempter tantrum, it was the quietest one I’ve ever seen.”
Then I went through the whole spiel I just wrote about…the black, cold soul, etc.
She said, “Well you always find the positive aspects to everything.”
I agreed. Then I asked the usual question when someone tells me I’m a positive person…
“What’s the alternative?”
Erin answered, “Well, most people don’t live that way. They just walk around negative.”
I suppose that’s true, though Law of Attraction, (or God, if you’d prefer) draws positive, abundant people into my daily experience. We draw to ourselves that which we think and feel.
But that’s the whole enchilada.
If you’re here, in flesh and bone form, I suppose you have a choice as to how you’ll see the world. We’ve all been given free will.
And we have that choice too. I can be oriented toward joy, or fear and anger.
You also have that same choice.
Thing is, I have chosen not to see it as a choice.
Living with a negative energy….excuse my language, but that seems like a dumb ass way to live the one life we’ve been given. What a waste!
(See, I do swear out loud sometimes!)
Yes, I know most people live that way. It’s our programming. I wasn’t raised to be perpetually happy, though my parents were damn good role models for finding the silver lining in most situations.
I spent too many years of my life coming from a place of anger and disappointment. Those temper tantrums that are quiet now…they weren’t always so quiet.
After a while, using the process I now teach in HOW TO RECEIVE, I just decided that walking around being pissed off was no longer an option.
Yeah, I figured out the stuff I wanted was on the other side of the negativity I was projecting.
So I got peaceful. I got happy.
I got excited, and exciting.
And gosh darn it, good things started happening!
Money. Lots of it.
Broken relationships were healed.
My body got rock hard.
I woke up in a good mood 99% of the time…
Half because I decided to, and half because things were going on in my life that were great.
It’s still that way.
So here’s the point – and it’s a pretty simple one…
Check yourself, my friend.
If you’re walking around most of the time with a generally negative energy, you’re missing out.
Tell yourself there’s no alternative to being happy and positive.
Because there really isn’t.
Your Friend,
Larry
Yeah, there’s probably crap in your life that contributes to putting you in a negative place.
But it doesn’t cause it.
You still get to decide your emotions.
Yes…in every situation.
And when you control your reaction…when you find the good in everything, good stuff eventually shows up.
If you want help making that happen, let me know.
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You can be one of the success stories…with the results to go with it.
Audio Note: Who Cares What “They” Think? You Do!!!
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CLICK HERE to listen.
Once you truly detach from worrying about what “they” think of you, you’ll get happier and stronger.
And you’ll attract other people who are happy and strong.
And you’ll attract people a little less strong, who want to serve you, simply so they can learn and grow and be happier around you.
And you’ll attract people a little stronger, who you want to serve, simply so YOU can learn and grow and be happier around them.
Be nice to yourself, even if you’re overly concerned with being liked or getting approval from others.
You’re a grown up…you can fix it.
Have a magnificent weekend!
Your Pal,
Larry
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