I heard 1 minute of ESPN today and it was Brian Kelly, the new head coach of Notre Dame football who was asked the question, “What do you mean when you say ‘work on winning by giving up losing’?”

Wow… what a great saying!

Give up losing means:

• No more snacking at 10pm
• No more “I’ll get to it”
• No more follow the loser
• No more “I can’t”
• No more “why me?”
• No more time wasters — Internet, TV, trashy novels, etc…
• No more giving up
• No more…  No more…
• You know exactly what you need “no more” of…

Work on Winning

• Focus on details
• What can you do right now?
• Take action
• Change bad habits by stopping right in the middle of them
• Add great habits by following through with them
• Eat great
• Work out
• Feel great
• Do the little things
• Say “I love you” three times today
• Say it once to the mirror
• Call two people about your business
• Learn more
• Get disciplined
• Organize
• Follow instructions
• Do it… you know what to do… do it…

Winning doesn’t happen on game day. It happens in the details. If you see the person at the top of your business on stage making a great speech, it’s not because they are a great speaker… it’s because they “gave up losing” long ago.

The next 6 months will come and go no matter what you do…

Give up losing for these next 6 months. Work on winning.

See you at the top!

Tom Wood
CEO/Founder
MasteryTV.com

I can’t find the right words to express the impact this man has had on myself, and so many like me.

The best tribute I can give him is to ask you to watch this video and let them send you into action.

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This triumphant thought by Jim Cathcart is one of them:

“How would the person I’d like to be, do the thing I’m about to do?”

There are a few reasons this powerful sentence separates itself from nearly every other quote I’ve ever heard:

• Purpose –Cathcarts assumes you have already decided who you want to be. And if you haven’t, it asks you to first think about that.  Your purpose in life is tied inexplicably to your identity. Who you are is why you are.
• Possibility – Cathcart starts you off with unlimited possibility. You get to decide the kind of person you’d like to be.  This one question does more than weekend course in Sedona.
• Power – Psychologists have long taught that your personal identity (who you see yourself to be) is one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, motivator in a person’s life. Cathcart gives you the power to change your identity (and thus your life) in the first 7 words. Who do you want to be?
• Ownership – Cathcart allows us to create our solution and thus take ownership for it. Instead of a guru telling us what to think, Cathcart shows us how to think. No more guru worship, people! It’s you who has the power.
• Responsibility – Because we’re dealing with our identities, Cathcart doesn’t have to tell us what to do… or even to do it. Because “the person we’d like to be” is so strong a motivator that the simple question of what to do translates into action. We must “do the thing” once we ask the question. It’s brilliant.

Cathcart’s question is simple, easy to remember and can make a difference for you instantly.

I think of this sentence when:

• I need to give bad news to someone
• I see someone else succeed
• I hurt someone’s feelings
• I don’t want to go to work out
• I’m bored
• I’m hungry and fast food is convenient
• I need to connect with the people I love
• I find myself procrastinating
• And many, many other times in my life

What times could you best use that question?

In all of what Jim Cathcart has done, and it’s been a monumental life of achievement, I believe this is his Opus.

I offer you the chance to experience these words as many times a day as you can. Each time, discover more of the person you’d like to be and as that possibility grows, challenge yourself to take actions that represent you.

Change is the only constant. Start each day with the question:

“How would the person I’d like to be, do the thing I’m about to do?”

With passion and purpose…
Tom

Tom Wood
CEO/Founder
MasteryTV

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Paul was not only a legend to me, he was a friend.  He once flew me into the Grand Cayman Islands for five days for a retreat that turned out to be one of the most influential events of my business career.

That week he taught me the secret to creating hundreds of millions of dollars: “Give first”, he said “success will follow”.

It was after that event that I began donating more time and money to making a difference in the world. The contacts and good will from that inspired me to start MasteryTV.

I’ll miss his wisdom and the world will miss his generosity.

Tom Wood
CEO/Founder
MasteryTV.com

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