Think For Success

Over the years I’ve read some amazing books by some very amazing people. I look at my life at times and take notice of the habits I’ve picked up because of the positive influence they had on me.

I implemented a habit years ago when I was young but I didn’t know the power of it until I read Brian Tracy and later John Maxwell.

The habit is to find some down time to think. I’ve always done this from the time I was a kid. When I was very young I would go to the woods and wonder around and stand in the stillness. But the thinking wasn’t organized the way it is today. Well….most of the time.

Your place to think never has to be ordinary.

Some successful people I know get comfortable in a dark room and just think and wait for an answer to a question they are thinking about.

You can also find other very successful people that do their best thinking in a small crowd of people like a coffee shop or restaurant. J. K. Rowling,, author of the “Harry Potter” books did some of her best work in a cafe’ and coffee shop. Some people need to have that little distraction to stimulate the thinking process.

It may not be  important where your thinking place is as long as you get to really think.

Thanks.

Lynn Lane

Make This Moment Count!

Create Your Greatness

Breaking the Cycle.

From early childhood to adulthood we are trained and conditioned to think, act and believe certain things about life and the way we should live it.

We may not be complete conditioned response creatures…..(Pavlov’s Dogs), but we do tend to fall back on the conditioned response from the past for example, Learned Helplessness.

So many people never become aware that this has happened. The moment you are aware is the moment you begin to create your true self.

Look around and you will see many people that are living the same broken existence of past generations because they have been conditioned to do so.

A life without:

*Education

*Goals

*Career

*Responsibility

*Accountability

*Discipline

*Direction

*Respect

“The tragedy of the War on Poverty is not that its measures have been too small to reduce the proportion of the population living under the poverty level today to anything less than it was in 1968.

 The tragedy is the multitude of able people who became welfare recipients every year when they would have found their way out of the poverty trap in the absence of these programs.

Social programs may supply some important benefits to the genuinely helpless. But the inevitable irony of government transfers to the poor is that they induce other people to qualify for them — people who could work for a decent living, but choose idleness and a welfare check instead.

More tragic still are the children of welfare families whose role models are parents who can’t or won’t hold a job or who have given up trying. Not only do these children fail to learn the importance of work and self-reliance, but the value of education — already hard for a child to appreciate — becomes incomprehensible to them.

Not surprisingly, this results in poorer attendance, more frequent classroom disruptions, higher dropout rates, lower literacy and overall competence levels, and higher juvenile crime rates.

Many children of school age in our inner cities now are third-generation welfare recipients. “

*Note that statement was written by David Beer a doctoral student in economics at George Mason University in 1989.  Full Article.

Once you become aware of the people and things around you that condition you, now you have the key to unlock those shackles and free yourself to discover your greatness.

Learn to embrace the challenge of change and the challenge to create greatness in your life by conditioning your own mind and body with your own choices and decisions.

Be the first in your family to finish college, start and build a million dollar company, become a leader in your community or influence others yet unborn to follow your example of greatness.

Leave that legacy behind for others to follow.

Gratitude-

I am so thankful for the positive friends, family and mentors that showed up in my life at age 24-25 and for all the ones that continue to show up today because I seek them out.

Lane Resources Inc.

Lynn Lane

Embrace the Challenge!

Your A-Team & Success

Do you have your A-Team together?

Why you need an A-Team?

Your A-Team will help you improve your efforts and effectiveness toward your goals, time management, personal development and success in general.

Taking your A-Game and building your A-Team will help you in many ways.  The benefits are tremendous.

• 1. You will free up so much time and make more decisions quickly.
• 2. You’ll streamline your days and feel unstoppable.
• 3. You will create that life of less stress and more peace of mind.
• 4. You will create that high energy life style that you need in this busy world.
• 5. You will learn, stretch, grow and contribute more in your life.
• 6. You will begin to grow your business or career to the next level.
• 7. You will enjoy your life at a much higher level.

Like most things the start will be the hardest part of building your A-Team. When you take a quick look around at your life you will see that you already have some of your A-Team in place.

The key will be to have people on your A-Team that you have rapport with and that you can trust. The people you place on the A-Team will be key people and will help you successfully reaching many of your goals.

When you have key people that you can count on to exchange ideas, plans and money your A-Team will start to give you many benefits. The Law of Reciprocation in action.

Who should be on your A-Team?

Here is a list of key people that you need to have on your A-Team in no particular order.

• Mastermind Team -> This group of people will be critical to your A-Team.
• Doctors -> That you can count on.
• Lawyer -> That you can count on.
• Spouse -> Get this person on your team and you’re 90% successful.
• Mentors -> You will need to seek out the people that have the knowledge.
• Spiritual -> Teacher, Leader or Group that works for you.
• Physical -> Get people that like to be healthy on your A-Team.
• Co-workers/Employees
• Education -> Add people that will challenge you to grow and to think.
• Friends /Family -> No need to say much here…right?
• Mechanic -> Yes….the mechanic that you count on.
• Restaurants -> Why not? I have restaurants on my A-Team that treat me great.

Think about building your A-Team and the people you need on it. If you have a person on your A-Team that is not effective or efficient replace them now.

Lane Resources Inc.

R. Lynn Lane

Flip The Switch For Success

Some of you may or may not know that my wife owned a commercial cleaning service for years before she got sick and had to give it up.

I did keep one account because of the ROI (Return On Investment) and the investment was my time. The account is a big church that is near my home and I can knock it out in no time and the account pays very well, all good reasons to keep it.

Last Saturday night my wife was having a good day and wanted to go with me and help with the church. We left out about 7:15 pm and pulled into the church driveway around 7:20 pm.

The sun had gone down and it was a misty and cool fall night. As I pulled into the driveway I noticed a car slowly driving around the church and then it drives away.

As usual I drive around the building and pull up on the right side of the building and under a big shelter that is attached to the building. I park where the entrance to the building is on my wife’s side of the vehicle. She gets out and unlocks the building door. The door is a big steel door with reinforced glass in the top half of the door and it has an automatic lock on it as soon as you shut the door.

She was standing inside the building holding the door open a bit waiting on me. “I’m normally the one waiting.” I’m getting my cell phone out of the seat as I hear a car driving up behind me. The car is the same car we saw before and it goes around the side of me then pulls in front of me at a right angle. Now I’m pinned in on three sides and my wife is about 10 feet away on the other side of the vehicle. This is a situation that I don’t like.

Flip The Switch.

Because of my training I quickly assessed the “what ifs” and prepared my mind to take action. The “what ifs” are all the scenarios that could possibly happen. I did this for fun when I was younger, but now I’ve made it a habit. I feel like “Jason Bourne” at times. I make a game of it with my wife at times when we’re out to dinner or shopping.

As this car pulled up and around in front of me I was standing on the driver’s side of my vehicle with the door opened. I noticed the car was a mid-size and it was black.  The windows had some tint, but the way the street lights hit them I could see the silhouettes of 4 people.

They had also parked in the shadows of the building so I couldn’t get a quick look at any of them before they exited the car. I looked over at my wife and she knew that I didn’t like this situation and she also knew that if these guys attacked me to pull the door closed (self locking) and call 911.

Let them think you’re strong when you’re weak and at times weak when you’re strong.

Two guys jumped from the car very fast and walked my way. I reached inside the car and picked up my cell phone and just kept my hand inside the car as if I had something I didn’t want them to see, like a hand gun. “If they thought I had a hand gun…fine.”

As I completely stood up and kept my hand inside the car, they stopped in their tracks. They were just at the front of my vehicle. One guy was a bit taller than 6 ft. at about 198 lbs. dark hair with a long leather coat. The second guy that jumped out was about 5 ft. 7 in. with a dew rag and reddish hair. I knew right away these guys were not there for choir practice.

I was already looking for targets that I could strike that would do the most damage in the quickest amount of time. We train to target eyes, throat and groin as primary targets. I already knew the direction I wanted to lead them so I would have the advantage. I was looking for the most successful route that I could go if I had to engage.

As I stood there face to face with both guys I looked the big guy directly in the eyes. We didn’t say anything for the longest time. I said; How you doing? They stood and looked at me some more for a few seconds, almost like they were trying to find some words to speak.

The big guy started to ask some questions about the church and when would the Pastor be in and some questions that seemed like rambling. I told him I couldn’t help him and they stood there for a few seconds without saying a word, it felt like minutes.

They turned and got back in their car without taking their eyes off me and I never moved, still with my arm inside the car. They drove off at the speed of a snail.

I stayed in that position until they pulled out onto the highway.

The whole event lasted about 2 minutes. That may not seem like much time, but I’ve fought in the ring with 2 minute rounds that seem to go on for an hour. Your life can change within a flash. A flash of violence can be life altering or life ending.

This scene could have had a very bad ending.

My wife in times past would go to that building by herself.

What if she was alone that night? What if I had been away from my vehicle?

What does this have to do with being successful or personal development?

I thought you’d never ask!

1 – When you need to be successful in any situation, you must train yourself to take action!

Most people will never take the kind of action I’m talking about. If your life depended on it you would “flip the switch” and go for it.

If you plan to start a business, call sales leads or just work on your career you will need to “flip the switch” and get moving.

I teach street self-defense, it looks and is violent at times. I tell women in my class “you must have the ability to flip that switch and commit to doing as much harm as you can as quick as you can.” Do not leave it to chance. Just as in business you have to commit and never leave success to chance.

2- Always learn and practice what you learn. In successful martial arts you have to fight and spar to test your skills. In business you have to test your skills and learn from your failures. When you know what you can do and what your strengths are you are better prepared to act on your plan of success.

3- Learn to make successful judgment calls through practice. In the martial arts we need to practice over and over to get our distance and timing down. We learn to make the correct judgment and that saves us from getting hit.

A successful business must also practice through assessment and judgment to determine the success of that business.

4- Study, Practice, Assess Then “Flip That Switch” For Success!

To Your Success!

Lynn Lane

Lane Resources Inc.

True Warriors

What is a true warrior?

A warrior will step into action for a cause or a dream.

A warrior is always looking to the future for the well being of generations to come.

A warrior leaves a legacy for others to follow.

A warrior knows that relationships are valued.

A warrior has honor.

A warrior has a plan and takes action.

A warrior will work hard on their strengths to fortify the mission.

All of these attributes are what makes a warrior. They can all be transitioned into the workplace in your business and in life as a whole.

Just thought I’d post this video of the American Warrior, I have tremendous pride and appreciation for them all.

“Every country on the planet owes America!”

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Conquering Your Demons For Success.

Conquering Your Demons For Success.

Knowing that we need to work on our strengths is a very important part of success but, do you know where that strength originates?

We are not created with all the strengths for success. We are conditioned by challenges we have in our life and we inherited some attitudes from our family and friends.

Here is the martial arts metaphor: In the movie Dragon : The Bruce Lee Story, Bruce’s Sifu (Teacher) Nip Man told Bruce that he must conquer his demons or he would pass them on down to his children.

"The Man" Ed Parker & Bruce Lee

You will gain strength through facing your own demons. Your demons are the fears we have that we must face and with the warrior attitude defeat, conquer then move above and beyond with renewed strength and confidence.

I remember when I was in school if I had to stand up and give an oral report or take a failing grade I would take the bad grade.

 I faced that Demon later in my life and joined Toastmasters International and started to love being in front of a group of people and sharing the things that can inspire and motivate them to move toward their own success.

Think about all the areas in your life that you gain strength from. Think about the challenges that made you stronger. What are some of the Demons you had to face?

Better question……What are some of the Demons you need to face, defeat, conquer and move beyond?

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Think about the challenges you have accepted that at the start you didn’t think you could conquer but, as you faced it you grew from it and now you are above and beyond it.

Why should we know where we gain strength from? Because, once you know this you can pay more attention to that area of your life and focus on building that strength.

When you find people, places and things that inspire or motivate you to go for your greatness and to work toward dreams that are hope for you gather strength.

 Lane Resources Inc. (c) 2009

R. Lynn Lane