Success Training,Life Skills,Personal Development.

Take Two Mentors And Call Me In The Morning.

Two mentors or one? Choosing a mentor or success coach is not like ordering coffee with two sugars. One mentor at a time is the perfect way to get more things done.

As you have heard before…too many cooks spoil the soup. They all have different ways of cooking and different ways of getting things done. Mentors are no different.

How many mentors do you have? I put this question to Kevin Hogan last year and he said, “one mentor at a time” is all people need. Kevin went on to explain that if you played baseball you wouldn’t want 3 of the best coaches trying to coach you. Reason being…they all coach in a different way.

I think of Kevin Hogan as my mentor/coach for the past few years now. I put him right up there with Zig Ziglar and Brian Tracy and people that know me will tell you that is saying so much coming from me.

I can relate to what Kevin Hogan was saying. I teach Kenpo Karate and a blend of other martial arts but, I teach my way. I know Instructors that teach the same style and same techniques, but they teach them differently. I see it all the time.

Kevin Hogan’s E-zine “Coffee With Kevin” was on video last week and he addressed the same question with the same answer. (Kevin is consistent.)

I think you should pick your coach/mentor the same way you should pick your martial arts Instructor. Here we go…..

1. Don’t just go for the hype. I had a karate teacher once that said, “ I can kill you 6 times before you hit the ground.” I didn’t study with him very long…his business went under too.

2. Find the people that have a track record that can deliver.

3. Find the mentor or coach that will make you work. You have to put in the work. I coach a group of people that ask me to push them hard every week…that is what they signed on for.

4. Find a coach that cares about people.

Thanks!

R. Lynn Lane

Broken Bones, MMA Fights and Delayed Goals

This week a client of mine broke his leg and delayed a major goal for his first fight later this month. He was in a MMA conditioning session that I teach 3 times a week.

I’ve been training and teaching Martial Arts for over 12 years now and have seen bruises, sprains and some cracked bones….some were mine. But, this week I witnessed an ugly break of a 26 year old guy’s left ankle.

Think about your left ankle on the outside of the foot where the leg joins the foot…that bone is the fibula and we heard it snap when he hit the floor. He just stepped in a awkward motion and we heard it….SNAP.

The sad thing is he had a fight he was training for and the weigh in was only 3 weeks away. That fight was a goal he has been working toward for a few months. Now that goal is gone. Yes…he will be back and ready to go again after several months of healing and rehab, but the moment he worked for has passed.

Think about some goals that you have been working toward and had a major setback that prevented you from achieving that goal. Did you give-up that goal or did you get back on that horse and learn to master your stick-to-it skills?

Life will beat us up at times and leave us feeling like we may never have a victory. I believe that the more you show the Universe that you are willing to take a stand for your own self, your own way and you plan to have a victory in some form or fashion, the Universe will start to help you out.

Hard work and preparation are a must! But, you also must test yourself by taking the actions needed. Some people will work and prepare to only do nothing because of the fear of not winning.

Set those audacious goals that to most seem out of reach and take action. Because, if you never reach that goal you will still achieve so much more from being in the fight.

Spectators have fun too, but not as much as the ones that are in the mix!

1. Keep training yourself.

2. Fight a good fight.

3. Learn from the people you train with.

4. Life will beat you-up at times

5. Life can be a great coach.

Thanks for your time.

Lane Resources Inc. © 2010

R. Lynn Lane

How Long Will It Take To Get My Blackbelt?

If I had a dollar for each time I was asked that question….I’d have a few bucks by now.

Most people are always stuck with how long a thing will take to achieve or to receive.

When I have a new karate student walk in my door 9 out of 10 will ask that question. How long will it take for me to get my blackbelt?

I usually say….. As long as it takes.

Can you imagine if people walked up to Thomas Edison and ask… “How long will it take you to get that light bulb thing worked out?” I’m sure Edison would have responded … Until it is done!

Human nature has a tendency to want things ..NOW.

I can understand that train of thought, we are all wired to do things as fast as we can and to fill our needs as fast as we can.

If you look back through history, humans had times when they didn’t know what to expect day to day. They did know that life was short and they had a need to conserve energy because their needs may not be meet for long periods of time.

Am I saying that people are lazy? For the most part…..Yes. Again…we are wired that way.

But, that is not altogether a bad thing!

If you look at most of the advanced technology over the past 50 years, it came about because we wanted things …Now!

Think about all the things in your life that are now faster, better and bigger and have changed over the past few years.

But, never forget….. some of the things you work toward will take as long as it takes.

That will apply to Business, Relationships, Fitness, Education and many other areas in life.

Learn -> Apply -> Learn -> Apply -> -> -> It Never Ends.

Lane Resources Inc. © 2010

R. Lynn Lane

Find Your Way!

Johnny Cash recorded this song live on his show…..the network wanted him to make changes, but he did it just the way it was intended.

If you like the song or not it makes little difference…..the idea of pushing forward and getting your ideas out there in a unique way does.

Find Your Way!

If you can’t see video go here ==> Johnny Cash 

Lane Resources Inc.

© 2010

She said I know 3 ways to kill a man.

The world is not flat, the earth does rotate, muscle does not turn to fat and the list goes on and on.

I bring this up because last week I was invited to give a lecture to a small group on the subject of self-defense. I jumped at the chance to do so, because self-defense is a subject that I have a great passion about sharing with others.

The lecture/workshop went very well and I got some very positive feedback from all the people there.

When I do these lectures/workshops I always have a person ask about or tell me a secret they know about in the martial arts. It never fails…and I always know what they are going to tell me.

This night was no different from the rest. A small older lady walked over to me and said, “I know 3 ways to kill a man.” I said, You do? I knew what she had on her mind, but I just had to ask. Tell me….what is one of those ways? She told me that she had went through some training years ago and the number one way to kill a man is by hitting him square in the face and driving the bone of his nose through his brain.

I knew it! I knew she was going to say that….it never ever fails!

That is an old Hollywood bit from an old, old movie. It is physically impossible to do that. Your nose has no bone to speak of and think about how far away your brain is from your nose.

If a person was to die from a strike to the nose it is not because the bone of the nose went through the brain.

How many old beliefs do you have that may be holding you back from your success in life?

Lane Resources Inc.

© 2010

Lynn Lane

Your Greatness with Dr. Ike

I recently had the privilege of hearing Dr. Tim Irwin speak at an event where I served as the Master of Ceremony/Speaker. Tim has interviewed over 10,000 people in his career as an organizational psychologist and as an international consultant. He made this amazing statement, “I have never interviewed or talked with anyone who did not have, at their core, a desire to be great.” His observation is that everyone is passionate about something and I would concur.

Each day most Americans get up and go to jobs where they have no passion. As a consequence, they will not achieve greatness. On average, they will spend 60-65% of their waking hours toiling at jobs where they have no sense of engagement. Gallup did a study a few years ago where they interviewed 1.7 million workers representing 77,000 companies and/or divisions. They asked the question, “Are you engaged in your job?” The response was startling in the level of honesty and the state of affairs in American business:

• 55% felt no degree of engagement or sense of passion for their jobs.
• 16% responded that not only were they not engaged in their jobs, they described themselves as actively disengaged. Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, calls these people, OBT – On-Board Terrorists. They work for you but they are attempting to blow up the company by disrupting the culture of the organization.

Add up the two statistics and you get a 71% disconnect rate – meaning that only 29% of workers have any degree of passion for their jobs. It is impossible to have greatness when your passion is at room temperature.

So, how can you be great at your job?

1. Find the work where your skills and the world’s needs intersect and you will find passion.
2. If you are in job that you do not like, do your best work anyway and your day will come.
3. Being great in your work means that you have discovered meaning in the work that you do each day.
4. Focus on the meaning of your work and you will operate at your highest and best rather than your lowest and least.
5. Being great at your job happens when you become more concerned about your contributions rather than your rewards.

If you are an employer, remember: People will work harder for meaning than they ever will for money!