tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26541509866236172142024-02-18T20:48:21.014-08:00Kemp's Korner - LiveSuccess Secrets from 3 - Time World Wrestling Champion Lee KempLee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-15202805883002246562012-04-07T09:55:00.000-07:002012-04-08T09:07:31.079-07:00Message #116 - "A Penny for Your Thoughts?"<div class="post-header"> </div> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Do You Really Know How Powerful you Are?..!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">What is real power? Is it Brute Force? Money? Influence? Size? Popularity? Your Position? Your Title? The # of People You Lead? ..... etc...<br /><br />All of us have the ability to INSTANTLY change the course of our lives. T<span style="font-weight: bold;">HAT"S RIGHT... INSTANTLY...</span><br /><br />What allows us to do that is given to all of us at birth and is with us throughout the rest of our lives.<br /><br />If fact it weighs only about 3 pounds but is responsible for everything that exists in this world and the universe...<br /><br />The 3 pound thing I'm talking about is our brain which <span style="font-style: italic;">produces as much as 70,000 thoughts per day.</span><br /><br />The sad thing is that for most of us more than 80% of our daily thoughts are negative and therefore destructive. The complete opposite of this is <span style="font-style: italic;">80% of successful people's thoughts are POSITIVE.</span><br /><br />Positive thoughts are </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Productive and Creative.... The moment a thought happens the manifestation of that thought begins... Positive or Negative.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">THIS MEANS THE INSTANT YOU COMMAND A THOUGHT THE MANIFESTATION OF THAT THOUGHT BEGINS... IT'S A LAW OF THE UNIVERSE.</span><br /><br /></span>An example in nature: The moment a seed is planted the manifestation of what it will become begins immediately. If you planted a tomato seed, you will get a tomato and not a banana. From the moment of conception all the way until harvest the seed is germinating into the manifestation or reality of the ONLY thing it can become.<br /><br />Our thoughts are like seeds...<br /><br />Think of all the great things that started with a single, instantaneous thought... <span class="st"><em>Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook; Bill Gates and Microsoft; Steve Jobs and Apple; </em></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Wright Brothers and Air Travel; Roger Banister and the 4-minute mile; </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone; Benjamin Franklin and electricity...</span> You get the idea<span style="font-style: italic;" class="st"><em>.</em></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br />So each one of us have POWER beyond our wildest Imagination. THE POWER TO CREATE from a single thought.<br /><br />Do you want a change in your life? Take control of your thoughts.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OUR THOUGHTS CREATE the DIRECTION OF OUR FUTURE... INSTANTLY!</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">"Do you realize that when you train your body it will take weeks, months to get stronger, to get more skilled, to get faster and get more flexible? But do you realize you can train your mind almost instantly? You can change your attitude almost instantly. Let’s talk about how powerful the mind is. Some psychologists have estimated that if they built a computer to do what your mind does in a given day, the computer would be 50 stories tall. Get a picture of that, 50 stories tall. But it would have the dimensions of the state of the Texas. So that’s what you have crammed inside your cranium. I mean 50 stories high, the state of Texas and most athletes, most wrestlers don’t – first of all they don’t know how to program this computer which we’ll talk about. And they don’t even plug it in. So once you start using your mind and body together you will become really, really, really powerful."</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" >Excerpt from the first CD in my audio CD series</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > "The Psychology of Winning Wrestling" </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" >entitled</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > "The One Biggest Secret to Success – The Power of Your Mind"</span> <span style="font-size:78%;"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.leekemp.com/cdpage.htm">http://www.leekemp.com/cdpage.htm</a></span><br /></div>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-8424981078844363692011-10-05T07:50:00.001-07:002012-02-02T20:37:54.135-08:00Message #115 - Have You Paid Your Rent Today?<div class="post-header"> </div> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >To Live Your Dream the rent is due everyday..!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">“You can never own success – you can only rent it, and the rent is due every day.” But what is the rent? What does it actually cost to achieve the success you want – in your personal life, in your relationships, in your bank balance, or in your business?</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We've all heard the phase "You've gotta pay the price" to achieve Success (or what ever it is that you want). Well what is the price?</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The price is, very exactly, all the things necessary to achieve the success you want. This is the hardest part. To identify all the things necessary.<br /><br />It's all the hard work; all the discipline; all the sacrifice; all the pain; all the suffering; all the set back; all the hardships; all the rejection; and the list goes on and on and on...</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It always includes things you didn't expect or plan for.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Example: You want to be a doctor. Well some obvious necessary first steps are:</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><li>graduating from an accredited Medical School. </li><li>passing the board exam.</li><li>opening a solo practice or joining an established group.</li><li>Etc.... These are all preliminary things that anyone would need to do.<br /></li></ul><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This NEXT thing that must be defined, very clearly, in ANYTHING you want to accomplish is:</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">HOW SUCCESSFUL DO YOU WANT TO BE?</span> ... This very important step is missed in almost everyone's game plan.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I always ask the wrestlers I coach, "How successful do you want to be?" Most of the time I get blank stares..... It's like they never really contemplated that before. </span><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">THE RENT ALWAYS GOES UP WHEN YOU WANT MORE SUCCESS.</span><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Once you decide how successful you want to be, the next step is to check into the SUCCESS MOTEL where the rent must be paid daily. After missing the rent for a few days the landlord comes around looking for it, and if you don't have it .... you get kicked out. Yes you get kick out of the Success Motel.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It's the smallest of margins that separates Success from Failure, Winning from Losing... 1st and 2nd Place... <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">maybe 1DAYS RENT!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This explains why someone will seemingly fall from greatness over night. Their rent was due and they didn't have it so the landlord had no mercy. The landlord in the success motel has no emotion in dealing with tenets.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Can't Pay</span> the Rent... You <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Can't Stay.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">HOW BAD DO YOU WANT SUCCESS!<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"></a><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">www.LeeKemp.com</a></span><br /></span></p>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-83990137318604273962011-09-30T13:14:00.000-07:002011-09-30T13:26:39.302-07:00Message #114 - "DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU"<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Live Your Dream..!</span><br /><br />A woman lay on her bed at the end of her life waiting to die.<br /><br />Her dream came to pay his last respects and bid farewell to the woman who had never used it.<br /><br />As it entered the room the woman hung her head down in shame and embarrassment.<br /><br />“Why did you not realize me?” the dream asked.<br /><br />“Because I was afraid,” the woman replied.<br /><br />“Afraid of what?” asked the dream.<br /><br />“I was afraid I would fail.”<br /><br />“But haven’t you failed by not attempting to use me?”.<br /><br />“Yes I did. But I’ve been busy. I always thought there would be tomorrow to pursue my dreams.”<br /><br />“You Foolish woman!” said the dream. “Did it never occur to you that there was only ever today? The moment that you are in right now? Do you think now that death is here you can put it off until tomorrow?”<br /><br />“No…” sighed the woman, a tear gently slipping down her cheek.<br /><br />The dream was softer now, because it knew that there were two types of pain, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret, and while discipline weighs mere ounces, regret weighs pounds.<br /><br />Then the dream leaned forward to gently wipe the tear away from her cheek and whispered, “You need only have taken the first step, and I would have taken one to meet you, for the only thing that ever separated us was the belief in your mind that you couldn’t have me”.<br /><br />Then they said goodbye and they both died.<br /><br />--- Adapted from anonymous story about a man’s dream<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.leekemp.com/">www.LeeKemp.com</a></span>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-2190557123896697892011-09-27T22:39:00.001-07:002011-09-28T08:02:17.992-07:00Message #113 - "IMAGINE!"<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >This is Guaranteed to move you..!</span><br /><br />Emmanuel Kelly sings the popular John Lennon song called "Imagine" at the X Factor 2011 Auditions. If Video Play box does not appear Click <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W86jlvrG54o&feature=youtu.be">Here</a><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/W86jlvrG54o" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.leekemp.com/">www.LeeKemp.com</a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-80970870719201829362011-09-21T09:00:00.000-07:002011-09-21T15:31:34.815-07:00Message #112 - "Do You Wanna Be Like Mike"<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >We've all Seen These Gatorade Commercials with Michael Jordan... but Do You Really Want to Do All That Mike Did To Actually Be Like</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > Mike?!?</span><br /><br />We all see the end results... the last second, game winning shot... the fame ... the glory ... the trappings of success... BUT do we really want to go through what it takes.<br /><br />What am I talking about? ... I'm talking about Success... How ever YOU define it for yourself.<br /><br />Google successful, accomplished people and read what they did to achieve their success. It may surprise you.<br /><br />What I find when I'm telling audiences what it takes to be successful is RESISTANCE. QUESTIONING AND BALKING AT THE PROCESS. ASKING WHY INSTEAD OF HOW... etc.<br /><br />What this really means is, Most People Don't Want Success BAD ENOUGH! The real questions is HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?<br /><br />I recently heard a motivational speaker tell a story about a young man wanting to be financially successful and sought the advice of a Guru. The young man told the Guru he wanted to be as successful as him. The Guru told him to meet him at the beach the next morning and he would give him the secrets to his great financial success. The young man showed up in a suit to meet the Guru as instructed.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Guru told the young man to come out into the water with him. The young man balked and protested, after all he had a suit on and expected something totally different than what the Guru was asking him to do. After thinking about it, and knowing of the Guru's great financial success and great respect he commanded, the young man reluctantly entered the water. The Guru led the young man out where the water was getting deep. Out to where the water was neck deep. At this point the young man started to panic and thought the Guru was crazy and felt he really had nothing to teach him. Just as the young man was ready to quit (what he thought was a silly exercise), and go back to shore, the Guru grabbed him and held him under water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvL5InQD4ZU4u6FLZ4HPMIbAxD6kt-zzpRTRX3BDbuowIXACULRanhBvGgNsN60vrT2PgXOBomPKDq6A69uzUgWwV8H81UEF4aIx8PtI3M0n48G7kdenDG9yBleEzQ3RiN-TWH7FzUOa8/s1600/guru.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvL5InQD4ZU4u6FLZ4HPMIbAxD6kt-zzpRTRX3BDbuowIXACULRanhBvGgNsN60vrT2PgXOBomPKDq6A69uzUgWwV8H81UEF4aIx8PtI3M0n48G7kdenDG9yBleEzQ3RiN-TWH7FzUOa8/s320/guru.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654852835381779042" border="0" /></a>Needless to say the young man was startled, frightened and was really panicking at this point, not to mention he couldn't breath and was starting to fight for his life. The struggle continued until the young man was about to black out, and then the Guru pulled him up. The young man was bewildered and angry and asked why the Guru had done that. The Guru's answer stunned even me. The Guru said when you want Success as bad as you want oxygen to breath, then you will be as successful as me. Wow! What a story to dramatize the point.<br /></div><br />The Questions remains... <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"HOW BAD DO YOU WANT SUCCESS"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/">www.LeeKemp.com</a></span><br /><span class="st"></span>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-37390766208679896972011-08-02T09:50:00.001-07:002011-08-08T07:34:02.197-07:00Message #111 - Only You Can Choose.....<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >" </span>
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<br />I remember this 1967 Blockbuster movie <span class="st">featuring future Academy Award Winner, Sidney Poitier playing opposite Katharine Houghton. </span><span class="st">Academy Awards winners Spencer Tracey and Katharine Hepburn filled out this outstanding cast.
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<br />If you remember the movie the main point was really pretty simple when you think about it. It's all about choice... In the case of the young couple Sidney and Katharine (or their characters John Prentice and Joanna Drayton) they simply made a choice with all the conviction and commitment they could command. THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO, and they were prepared to deal with the rest.
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<br />Unfortunately, most people live by DEFAULT. They don't really choose what they want. They choose what's left.
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<br />By John and Joanna making the BOLD and DEFINING choice they were, in effect, creating their future. Deciding what THEY wanted for their lives. What does this mean for YOU?..?
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Don't live by default (or the path of least resistance). If you don't choose your future... Your future will choose YOU. Don't be surprised by what Future shows up in your life, just like you shouldn't be surprised by the guest (that you invited) that shows up to dinner. You create your Future by the decisions and actions you make.</span>
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<br />We are all the sum total of the decisions and actions we make in our Life. Dream Big and don't live by Default.
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<br /></span><span class="st"></span>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-1330714731474730572011-07-12T13:33:00.000-07:002011-07-12T13:43:44.852-07:00Message #110 - It's Not How You Start Out.....<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >"Is the Glass Half Full ... or Half Empty?</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >". </span>Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself -- at the university's 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UF8uR6Z6KLc" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.LeeKemp.com">www.LeeKemp.com</a></span>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-69158860714595705312011-06-19T16:46:00.001-07:002011-06-19T18:36:13.349-07:00Message #109 - The Key... Part 2.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7j1iwmC3pz7IVg0lMVgAMSySKyrmV_6TrjR1ji7c-mj-lW_fk_bP6DCczVWSX_sofT4Y2EjclbUPcmoZ3Szw-pj97yEmh479glgHTWXRF0uGGL8xRMol86Mic2NOfJ4oHbqScZSuJU3T/s1600/cartoon.bmp"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7j1iwmC3pz7IVg0lMVgAMSySKyrmV_6TrjR1ji7c-mj-lW_fk_bP6DCczVWSX_sofT4Y2EjclbUPcmoZ3Szw-pj97yEmh479glgHTWXRF0uGGL8xRMol86Mic2NOfJ4oHbqScZSuJU3T/s320/cartoon.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620107262652619378" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >"Adopting an acquired pattern of behavior and thought that becomes almost involuntary as a result of frequent repetition</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >". </span>If you read my last post you probably are again wondering "what the heck is he talking about?".... This is a definition of what is absolutely essential to achieving success. It goes "hand in hand" with my previous post on FOCUS. Read on.....<br /><br />If Focusing helps you see and clearly visualize the goal... Then what Stops the Distractions from Robbing you of your focus. I believe that life's Distractions rob us of our focus. In fact I believe that's the #1 cause of failure... DISTRACTIONS.<br /><br />We all have a certain amount of focus, but what I've seen in myself and other accomplished people is an unwavering ability to "stay in the zone" and block out distractions.<br /><br />The greater your ability to block out any and all distractions... the greater your potential for Success!<br /><br />So then... How do we block any and all Distractions? ... We must develop the essence of the quote above in red. The above quote in red is a definition of the word HABIT.<br /><br />I believe before you can have FOCUS (and later success) you must have first created a consistent and distraction free environment through developing and <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >"Adopting an acquired pattern of behavior and thought that becomes almost involuntary as a result of frequent repetition</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >"</span>. This behavior becomes a part of your focus.<br /><br />When I was at my best as a wrestler... I simply could not be DISTRACTED. The behavior that I adopted assured me of "NO DISTRACTIONS". As a result I wasn't attached (or attracted) to anything that I could not immediately give up (indefinitely if I had to) that distracted me from my goal. The only way to do this on a consistent basis is to develop and <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >"Adopting an acquired pattern of behavior and thought that becomes almost involuntary as a result of frequent repetition</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >"</span>or simply stated develop a HABIT that insures you can stay focused on your goal.<br /><br />I steered clear of negative people... negative thoughts... negative food... etc., and as a force of habit surrounded myself with positive people... positive thoughts... positive food etc. PEOPLE, THOUGHTS and FOOD I could control... and I did. I left out working hard for a reason... Most everybody that's serious about success Works Hard! It's not about Working Hard. It's all about STAYING FOCUSED!<br /><br />How do yo stay Focused? <span style="font-size:78%;">Develop</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">H</span>ealthy <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">A</span>ttitudes <span style="font-size:78%;">that</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">B</span>ring <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">I</span>mpact <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">T</span>oday.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">www.LeeKemp.com </span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-12051043364825913622011-06-04T07:30:00.000-07:002011-06-19T13:40:35.508-07:00Message #108 - The Key... Part 1.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXDxgO_O4Nud1fBc4U9WdwL2aW1lVbpIdmC2Q55RBk5Ncblip0wZ0bLeaH7P9qqvxbkOA2R1FLsrnRSIGVCoFdnNg5weIE8mpIs4GUCnLEFoJLbwxsL-5XlOZqF7uiJQTQG5Ie5fYOasH/s1600/focus.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXDxgO_O4Nud1fBc4U9WdwL2aW1lVbpIdmC2Q55RBk5Ncblip0wZ0bLeaH7P9qqvxbkOA2R1FLsrnRSIGVCoFdnNg5weIE8mpIs4GUCnLEFoJLbwxsL-5XlOZqF7uiJQTQG5Ie5fYOasH/s320/focus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620033131904763410" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >"The action of adjusting the distance between the lens and subject to make light rays converge to form a clear and sharply defined image of the subject". </span>You probably are wondering "what the heck is he talking about?".... This is a definition from photography. Read on.....<br /><br />Well, I get asked all the time by young wrestlers how I achieved success so quickly in wrestling:<br /><blockquote>"I started wrestling in 9th grade and didn't make varsity until 10th grade. The next year in 11th grade I was the state champ beating both the defending state runner-up and state champ. State champ again the next year in 12th grade finishing the last two years undefeated. Won the Jr. Nationals (beating a future 3-time NCAA Div-I champion) and beat a Russian in a N.E. Ohio vs Russia Junior Dual. Next year as a 18 year old college freshman lost an overtime split referees decision in NCAA Div-I finals. Next year, just 6 years after starting wrestling, beat Gable (he was the Olympic Champion 4 years earlier and was 26 years old) and and won NCAA Div-I championship, the 1st of three consecutive titles. Two years later was the youngest American Gold medalist in the world championships. Next year was America's first multiple-time world champion. Three years later was a 3-time world champion - the first American three-time world champion".<br /></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">This is the most consistent thing I get asked. HOW?......? and not only wrestler or athletes, I find I get asked this HOW question by virtually everyone interested in HOW success is achieved.</span><br /><br />For years I gave the canned answer of; hard work, sacrifice, dedication ... etc., But when I really thought about it I realized that it was all because of FOCUS.... I'll say it again... FOCUS...!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Sounds simple but it's probably the hardest one thing to do on this earth... Especially with all the things pulling for our attention on a minute by minute basis 24/7.<br /><br />This post is an attempt to have you think about focus in a different way. The above definition, at the beginning of this post in red, defines focus as related to photography, but I think it frames what Focus is in all things. It was especially true for me as an athlete. How</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> do you get</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span>"a clear and sharply defined image of the subject"</span><span style="font-size:100%;">? This is done in photography by</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >"adjusting the distance between the lens and subject"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Watch how I relate this to focusing on a goal... The </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">clearly defined image of the subject</span> </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >is your GOAL</span><span style="font-size:100%;">. The</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">LENS</span> </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >is your MIND's EYE</span><span style="font-size:100%;">; and adjusting the distance between these to form a clear and sharply defined image of the subject is the process of "fine tuning" into your goal, or simply, how clearly can you see your goal in your mind's eye. It's easier to believe you can accomplish something if you can actually "see it" clearly in your mind. If it's not clear in your mind then it's harder to see and believe. </span><br /><br />It always amazed me that Eagles can clearly focus on a mouse over a mile away...THAT'S FOCUS. <span style="font-size:100%;">If the goal is fuzzy, then the effort and subsequent success is "fuzzy" too. For me my goals were laser sharp and crystal clear... I WAS SUPREMELY FOCUSED! ... and so was my effort that led to the success.<br /><br />The more clear and sharply defined your goal is in your mind's eye... the greater your FOCUS. The greater your focus, the greater your willingness to do all the things you KNOW you need to do to attain the goal, i.e., the hard work, sacrifice, dedication... etc. It becomes an unstoppable machine... FOCUS ... EFFORT/WORK... SUCCESS.<br /><br />Tune in your FOCUS and you'll have your SUCCESS. Stay tuned for part 2 of the Key. The Key to SUCCESS.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.leekemp.com/">www.LeeKemp.com </a></span>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-35946025179492021232011-04-03T08:12:00.000-07:002011-06-05T20:58:27.844-07:00Message #107 - Dream vs Duck....<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;">Dreaming to Accomplish Something versus </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;">Ducking to avoid something... In Life our Actions are Based on either trying to Gain Something or Trying to Avoid Something...</span><br /><br />That's really what achievement is all about. We all know achieving something can be hard and requires overcoming many obstacles and setbacks.<br /><br />The challenging question for all of us when faced with challenges and hardships is: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"Do we continue Dreaming or do we start to <span style="font-style: italic;">"Duck"</span> or avoid the challenges".</span><br /><br />Ducking to me involves avoidance; hiding; deception; denial; accepting the status quo; <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">hoping</span> for something better rather than <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">seeking</span> something better; sitting in the back of the class so you don't get called on; putting in the minimal time - leaving work or practice right at the scheduled quitting time - <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">no extra effort</span>; seeking no extra responsibility, being on the Defensive always countering someone else's attack having none of your own.... etc.<br /><br />Dreaming is just the opposite of all these: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Meet</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">vs avoid</span>; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Reveal</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">vs hide</span>; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Truth <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">vs deception</span>; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Approval</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">vs Denial </span>(<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Denial means</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">D</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">on't</span>, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">E</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">ven</span>, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">N</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">otice</span>, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">A</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">m</span>, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">L</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">ying</span>); </span>Reject</span> status quo vs <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">accept</span> status quo <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">and so on...</span><br /><br />Duck has another connotation: Ducks are not viewed as strong, in fact they are weak. You can think of Ducks as always complaining (quacking) about their failures and something not being right.<br /><br />Compare the Duck to the majestic Eagle and think of the Eagle as Dreaming instead. Eagles soar above the fray. Eagles have no limits. They are strong, confident and have no equal.<br /><br />Don't have a Duck mentality but have a Dream mentality. Let the Dream - soaring like an Eagle, mentality travel with you for the rest of your life; don't embrace ducking through life; don't be a duck... but <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">be an Eagle and keep Dreaming</span>.<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /><br />www.LeeKemp.com </span></a></span>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-64923529851834168432011-02-03T17:32:00.000-08:002011-02-04T06:34:28.412-08:00Message #106 - Don't Focus on Winning...<div class="post-header"> </div> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Although Winning is the Goal You Must Focus on Something else to Really Explode Your Success.... </span><br /><br />I recently read a short quote about Selling that really stuck with me. It went something like this:<br /><br />"To sell more don't focus on <span style="font-style: italic;">what</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">how</span> you can sell your customer... But instead focus on <span style="font-style: italic;">what</span> you can do and <span style="font-style: italic;">how</span> you can <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">HELP</span> your customer.<br /><br />By doing that you will solve your customer's problems and flow right into selling them naturally. The best salespeople are Super Problem Solvers.<br /><br />Well I got to thinking about my success in wrestling and lo and behold... I wasn't focused on winning as much as I was focused on GETTING BETTER.<br /><br />That's it. I was focused on <span style="font-style: italic;">what</span> I could do to get better and <span style="font-style: italic;">how</span> could I get better each day rather than focusing on the end result of Winning. <span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br />Simple... THE BETTER YOU GET... THE MORE YOU WIN!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">FOCUS ON GETTING BETTER</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">www.LeeKemp.com </span></span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-85038147059563095032011-01-03T20:25:00.001-08:002011-01-03T20:50:06.846-08:00Message #105 - What Are You Looking At? ...and What Are You Focusing On?<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >There are a Lot of Things Pulling at us for our Attention. Some of Which is Very Subtle... and Some is of Course Shouting for our Attention... </span><br /><br />We only have a FINITE amount of Attention and FOCUS. We all have a Limited Amount. Have you ever got to a point that you said I can't think any more... I can't focus on another thing!<br /><br />Well, if that happens to you, ask what used up all my Attention and Focus? I know from Experience that I perform better on the things I pay attention to and focus on. PERIOD!<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT...</span><br /><br />People that have the ability to devote 100% of their attention and focus to something will usually excel at it. We can only have ONE thought in our mind at any given Time. If you clutter your mind with a lot of random and unrelated thoughts... then that's exactly what you'll get in results and accomplishments... Random and Inconsistent Accomplishments.<br /><br />Keep a journal and write all the things you think about in a day. Do this for a week. I promise that the things on your journal WILL EXACTLY DEFINE YOU!!!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS... CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS.</span> We all know the definition of insanity RIGHT!<a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /><br />www.LeeKemp.com</span></span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-449411524444200562010-12-16T10:40:00.001-08:002010-12-16T11:25:16.210-08:00Message #104 - Look for Where you Slipped....<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >We all sometimes Fall and come up Short of our Goals. We ask "how did I Fall (or Fail)? </span><br /><br />As a successful wrestler I get asked a lot how did I rebound and recover from a LOSS and get back to WINNING. Well after the obvious "It's not EASY" I reply with a question "look back to where you started to SLIP (lose confidence, doubt, cut corners, not work as hard, veer from your core values, hook up with the wrong person or people, not care as much, etc, etc, the list goes on... and on...)<br /><br />I've discovered from my own experiences both from wrestling and in LIFE (after all this is most important) that before the FALL there was a SLIP.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">THIS IS WHERE THE FALL ACTUALLY OCCURRED</span>... at that point of the SLIP. If not corrected a FALL is inevitable. It's SURE.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">It's ONLY a MATTER of TIME.</span> Some of us can hang on for a long time after slipping. The actual Fall is not always immediate.<br /><br />We all know when we slip. We brush it off though as a "Close Call"... We get in Denial... We try and pretend it never happened... We think were to busy to address the slipping ISSUE so we ignore it and think business will be as usual.<br /><br />BUSINESS WON'T BE AS USUAL FOR LONG.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The most consistently successful people are the ones that acknowledge AND correct their SLIPS as soon as possible</span>, thereby avoiding a FALL later.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">IT'S NOT WHERE YOU FALL... BUT WHERE YOU STARTED TO SLIP</span>. PAY ATTENTION TO THE SLIPS and you'll have more SUCCESS.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.leekemp.com/">www.LeeKemp.com </a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-2363312321288487522010-12-07T08:26:00.000-08:002010-12-08T08:31:06.763-08:00Message #103 - You Don't Have to Like It.......<div class="post-header"> </div><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Sometimes You Have to do What you don't like to Achieve What you Want.</span><br /><br />I get asked a lot what I did to be a successful wrestler and the main thing I say is a lot of what I did I really didn't like.<br /><br />The problem with being successful is most of us have a fuzzy idea what it takes! We all want the end result...the spoils... the victory... the nice house... car... etc.<br /><br />The problem continues with most people only focusing on the part of the process they like. Based on the God given natural abilities you got at birth and the skills you have been able to attain you will land somewhere on the success scale.<br /><br />If the place you land on the success scale is not where you want to be, then SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE.<br /><br />THE CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE usually involves DOING THINGS WE REALLY DON'T LIKE.... and SINCE MOST OF US RESIST DOING THINGS WE DON'T LIKE THE SUCCESS WE WANT NEVER COMES.<br /><br />As a wrestler there were many aspects to training I really liked. But there also were some things I didn't like... I really disliked RUNNING... and I avoided it as much as I could.<br /><br />When I was at my first elite level training camp in 1978 training for the World Championships I was introduced to running by Coach Dan Gable. We ran HARD every day. Up hills... over gravel roads... in sand... with guys on our backs... ect.<br /><br />Because it was Gable and because I was convinced I needed it to win... I did it with excellence and with a good attitude... I strived to win or be in the front of every run.<br /><br />Figure out what you have been avoiding because you don't like it and really determine if that very thing, if you were doing it, can help you toward a goal you have.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">www.LeeKemp.com</span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-15311436818110942512010-07-30T14:17:00.000-07:002010-12-07T07:49:18.907-08:00Message #102 - Are You Not Achieving What You Want...<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >You Must Change Your Thoughts, Keep Your Head Up and Focus your Thoughts on What You Want.</span><br /><br />This is Easier Said Than Done. What I find with most people that are not achieving what they want (or just plain not happy) is that they keep looking at all the crap they've been through or simply put; the negative outcomes or failures in their life, and that's where their focus is.<br /><br />You've all heard the phrase: "Change your Focus...Change Your Life"<br /><br />The Big Question is HOW DO I CHANGE MY FOCUS???<br /><br />Well it all starts with producing just ONE DIFFERENT THOUGHT from the ones you've had.<br /><br />Each Thought we have produces a chemical reaction in our brain and in turn produces an action in line with that thought.<br /><br />The Average Person Has <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Between 50,000 and 60,000 thoughts per day</span>. I'm Amazed by that. You should be too. Even when you think you're not thinking... Guess What... You are.... and Here may lie your Stumbling Block to the Success You Want.<br /><br />If the majority of your 50,000-60,000 thoughts each day are focused on the crap of the past, and knowing that chemical reactions are produced in the brain by each thought, leading to specific actions guided by the thought, then it's not hard to understand why we REPEAT BAD CYCLES, DECISIONS & FAILURES in our life.<br /><br />Think about this: "How many bad thoughts do you have to string together to end up having a bad day".<br /><br />Now Think about the reverse of this. "How many good thoughts do you have to string together to end up having a good day".<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">START STRINGING TOGETHER GOOD POSITIVE THOUGHTS NOW.<br /></span><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:78%;" >www.LeeKemp.com</span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-5604751944955021942010-07-11T15:33:00.000-07:002010-07-11T15:35:08.571-07:00Message #101 - Ride the Wild Tiger!<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Life is Like a Wild Tiger.... You can either lie down and let it Lay its paw on your Head.... or...... YOU CAN SIT ON ITS BACK AND RIDE IT!</span><br /></span><br />Heard this recently, don't know who the original author is, but it really impacted me in a big way and I wanted to share it.<br /><br />I find in my own life the essence of this quote working. Who hasn't been knocked down by LIFE? ... Nobody! ...We all Have... and Guess What... we will continue to be knocked down...<br /><br />LIFE (or as the wise author of this quote has coined "The Wild Tiger") has dealt us all some hard times and will continue to rear its ugly head from time to time..<br /><br />The really important questions is... are we going to let it (the circumstance that LIFE dealt) control us???<br /><br />I love the way the way the author says "you can lie down and let it (LIFE's circumstance) Lay its (HEAVY - added by me) paw on your head"<br /><br />In my own Life I stay beaten down until I decide to face the Tiger head on and RIDE IT... If I fall off... I get back on... and back on... and back on.... you get the picture...<br /><br />Eventually I overcome it and RIDE THE TIGER. It's the same principle for achieving your Goals. Your Goal is the Wild Tiger.<br /><br />Are you going to RIDE THE WILD TIGER???<br /><br /><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000099;">www.LeeKemp.com</span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-92054933071749450832010-04-29T13:39:00.000-07:002010-05-01T05:54:08.351-07:00Message #100 - Are You Working to get Better...REALLY?<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">How serious are you at working to get better? We all say we want to get better...but are we working at it REALLY?</span><br /><br /><ol><li>Are you taking advantage of every opportunity to get better?<br /></li><li>Are you taking an honest assessment of where you're at right now? And more importantly are you DREAMING BIG and setting high goals?<br /></li><li>Are you challenging yourself every day?<br /></li><li>Are you "jumping in the ring" (in whatever arena you're in) with the best people every day and testing yourself.<br /></li><li>Do you let down when you get tired or have a set back?<br /></li><li>Do you let other people "break" you? Break your spirit, your will, your desires, your goals, your plans, your drive, your expectations.....?</li></ol><p>What I find is that most people really don't try that hard at being successful. They try a little bit and if they don't achieve immediate results, they may not quit, but they don't try as hard.<br /><br />The incredible thing is that even when people experience some success (or a little success) from their efforts, I find that they still don't try that hard.<br /><br />I really don't understand this because I believe that is the key here.... Here's the nugget, don't miss it.....<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Get those little successes (from your effort) and stop and let yourself feel the high from it. You need to get addicted to it like a drug that you must have to live. This will drive you to want more. You will work hard at trying to get better..REALLY.<br /></span><br />These little success should be FRONT PAGE news in your life.<br /><br />I was at the Midlands wrestling tournament this past season and after the final match of one of the champions I saw him running behind the bleachers. He continued running until he was called to the award stand. then after that continued running.</p><p>I congratulated him on his championship I asked him why he was working out right now (of course I knew the answer).</p><p>His answer is the essence of this post. Please pay attention to his answer.... He said I'M JUST TRYING TO GET BETTER!!! </p><p>This wrestler was a true sophomore, was 2nd in the NCAA's as a true freshman and recently won the Freestyle Senior Nationals beating a former world team member.</p><p>When he was interviewed after his match he again said I'M JUST TRYING TO GET BETTER!!! </p><p>This young man has the right ideal about success.</p><p><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000099;">www.LeeKemp.com</span></a></p>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-31063228577529208242010-03-02T13:32:00.000-08:002010-03-06T17:45:31.878-08:00Message #99 - ANTICIPATE don't HESITATE...<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Anticipate SUCCESS and look forward to what you WANT to actually HAPPEN... BELIEVE in yourself and your abilities.</span><br /><br />The key to being able to anticipate the thing, event or whatever happening is to first COMMIT to it. <span style="color:#ff0000;">This is the golden nugget</span>. This, however, is easier said than done.<br /><br />The reason why commitment is so important and has to come first in any endeavor, achievement and success is: <span style="color:#ff0000;">...... Watch This </span><span style="color:#000000;">and make note of the point to follow........<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ff0000;">Until one is COMMITTED there is HESITANCY...the chance to change your mind... the chance to draw back... the chance to not try as hard... the chance to QUIT. Yes I said quit. We all want to quit sometimes.<br /><br /></span>It is always easier to quit when there's no commitment, or weak commitment. <span style="color:#ff0000;">Without commitment there is always ineffectiveness</span>.<br /><br />There is a unlimited stream of inner strength, resolve, and "get tough grit" that occurs <u>at the very moment</u> of the decision to COMMIT to something. Also at this moment (the moment of making the decision to commit) a whole host of other things begin to occur that divinely tips the scales in our favor that ultimately helps us achieve our goal. I can't explain this exactly, but it's POWERFUL and it has proven itself to me time and time again in my life.<br /><br />I've had unforeseen incidents, chance meetings, help and assistance in my life (all helping me towards achieving my goal) that before they happened I could not have even dreamed of any of it coming my way. You've heard of the saying "you don't know what you don't know". Like I said I can't fully explain it but these divine powers are only unleashed once you commit to something.<br /><br />Click <a href="http://successsecretsatkempskorner.blogspot.com/search?q=commitment"><span style="color:#000099;">HERE</span></a> to read some of my past blog posts on COMMITMENT.<br /><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000099;">www.LeeKemp.com</span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-90920074903787116452010-02-08T20:45:00.000-08:002010-02-08T21:29:45.223-08:00Message #98 - Don't Just Stand There... MYA (MOVE YOUR A#%)!<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Dr. Rob Gilbert, Leading Sports Psychologist, coined the phrase GOYA (Get off your A#%). I'm coining the phase MOVE YOUR A#%.</span><br /><br />Get up and start Moving... Not just anywhere... But Move in the direction of your GOALS.<br /><br />YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.. Right!<br /><br />Once You Know that... START MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. Take a first step... then another... then another. You've heard the saying... if you stumble and fall... Stumble and fall forward. NEVER BACKWARD. Fight hard not to go backward.<br /><br />For those of you that trade stocks. it's like setting a trailing STOP after you've made some gains. If your stops are tight and continually adjusted upward you can never lose what you've gained.<br /><br />Set trailing stops in LIFE!<br /><br />What are we really saying... By moving your a#% you are creating a ACTION. When you create a action you are doing something.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Here's the golden nugget... YOU CAN ALWAYS (without exception) CONTROL YOUR ACTIONS... AND YOUR ACTIONS ARE INDEPENDENT OF YOUR FEELINGS, EMOTIONS OR THOUGHTS.</span><br /><br />The trick is to make your actions move towards your goals, Remember this is independent of how you feel. Example - doing something you don't like.. but you know it is moving you in the direction you want. i.e., studying, lifting weights, working that 2nd job to pay for night school, or while in grammar school that job after school to pay for J Robinson's intensive camp, etc.<br /><br />It is by far easier to control and change you what you DO (i.e., your actions), than it is to control and change your feelings, emotions or thoughts.<br /><br />Successful people act even when they don't really want to. They take the feelings and emotions out of the equation. They consistently live by GOYA and MYA.<br /><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;">www.LeeKemp.com</span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-11882049723821789292010-01-11T16:04:00.000-08:002010-01-12T06:46:45.008-08:00Message #97 - What You Do Today DOES Matter!<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Have You Ever Ended Up Somewhere and Wonder How in the World Did I Get Here?<br /><br /></span></span>That is precisely the point. How Did I get here! This applies in Every Aspect of Life.<br /><br />Like... Driving Somewhere & Getting Lost and ending up somewhere you didn't want to be... Ending up with Friends, People, Spouse, Kids, Sickness, Disease, or a Job you don't really want to be with, etc., you name it.....<br /><br />Basically just not being happy with where you're at and/or the direction you're going!<br /><br />I'm here to tell you that this just didn't happen by accident. It didn't just happen overnight or all of a sudden... IT HAPPENED OVER TIME FOLKS.<br /><br />TIME is the Game Changer Here. It is either our friend... or it is our enemy. It's ONE OR THE OTHER. Our choices mutiplied by TIME happens to all of us. It happens to me and it happens to you.<br /><br />The Key is recognizing when wrong choices are being repeated over TIME heading us down a path we really dont' want... and STOP! Stop the train immediately! Reaccess your GOALS and pick a different path. Sounds simple.. but it's not.<br /><br />Picking a different path means making different CHOICE. Making a different DECISION. Making a CHANGE.<br /><br />This is the GOLDEN NUGGET HERE: <span style="color:#ff0000;">Your daily choices, decisions and actions when added up everyday over TIME will always take us to our ACCOMPLISHMENTS and ACHIEVEMENTS. NO EXCEPTIONS.<br /></span><br />I've analysed literally thousands of successful people's daily actions (including mine) and concluded they were all on the straight and narrow path to their future accomplishments and success. Any detour off the path by "wrong daily actions" compounded by time would have taken them grossly off course missing the success and accomplishments that was "gift wrapped" waiting for them (including me).<br /><br />So if you're asking yourself how did I get here, just play back the recorder of your life on a day-by day basis, up to this moment, and you will realize with crystal clarity exactly how you got here, and more importantly where your life is headed.<br /><br />Want to change your life. Start today by changing what you do today and multiply your successful daily routine over TIME and I guarantee you will get the result your daily actions are pointing to. NO MYSTERIES HERE. JUST CONSISTENCY.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">REMEMBER what ever happens to you, be sure, YOU are 100% responsible!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;">www.LeeKemp.com</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;"><br /></span>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-65355855468788368402010-01-08T11:53:00.000-08:002010-01-08T12:48:57.686-08:00Message #96 - Can You Take A Hit?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgColVWnQM_Nxfhn2o5pyklJKGffpyJLhnNbcDzkvEIYTji7lVJjV230PKbLTF1oW52iBQeU4lAXcrcv0rOC6eqTiN73Zgjl-u3PeyhI3phsgYNCCqe1jr4dnk8G3ur3eABML5DcyKX-ivk/s1600-h/Kemp+(U+of+Wisc+Color+Picture)+copy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 231px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424472581351563058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgColVWnQM_Nxfhn2o5pyklJKGffpyJLhnNbcDzkvEIYTji7lVJjV230PKbLTF1oW52iBQeU4lAXcrcv0rOC6eqTiN73Zgjl-u3PeyhI3phsgYNCCqe1jr4dnk8G3ur3eABML5DcyKX-ivk/s320/Kemp+(U+of+Wisc+Color+Picture)+copy.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">There was a Sign in our Wrestling Room at Wisconisin, I Looked at EVERYDAY, that Read:<br /><br />"Measure a Man by the Opposition it Takes to Discourage Him"</span><br /><br /></span>As a college athlete I knew there would be obstacals to overcome everyday... i.e., injuries, tough practices, classes and grades, competition, you name it.... etc... All I knew is that I wasnt' going to quit and I was somehow going to be a NCAA Champion.<br /><br />SUCCESS IS NEVER EASY.....<br /><br />We all can learn something from ROCKY. Click the picture to watch the clip or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tXhJniSEc"><span style="color:#000099;">CLICK HERE</span> </a>if picture is not visable.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V1tXhJniSEc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V1tXhJniSEc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />STILL NEED MORE CONVINCING. <a href="http://successsecretsatkempskorner.blogspot.com/2007/10/opposition-and-hardships.html"><span style="color:#000099;">CLICK HERE</span> </a>TO READ AN EARLIER POST I WROTE ON OPPISITION AND HARDSHIPS<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/">http://www.leekemp.com/</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><br /></div>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-90676044818108971832009-12-09T10:35:00.000-08:002009-12-09T11:02:32.303-08:00Message #95 - Want to be a true LEADER in anything?<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Don't be afraid to break the mold and the status quo... with the true Leader thinking outside the box is not enough... with the true leader "THERE IS NO BOX"</span><br /><ul><li>The true leader Innovates; while others only administers what's already there.</li><li>The true leader is an original; while others try and copy.</li><li>The true leader makes things happen; while others ask "what happened"</li><li>The true leader originates; while others imitate.</li><li>The true leader is intensely interested in continual personal and professional development; while others maintain where they're at.</li><li>The true leader focuses on developing people, because they know that's best way to get things done; while others focuses on systems and structure.</li><li>The true leader inspires trust; while others rely on control.</li><li>The true leader sees the "big picture" and has a long-range perspective; while others maintain a short-range view and only see the immediate circumstance(s).</li><li>The true leader asks what and why; while others ask how and when.</li><li>The true leader challenges the status quo; while others accept it.</li><li>The true leader does the right thing; while others do things right.</li></ul><p><span style="font-size:85%;">This was adapted from "Becoming a Leader" - Warren Bennis<br /><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="color:#000099;">www.LeeKemp.com</span></a> </span></p>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-27366186133931890722009-11-05T14:16:00.001-08:002009-11-05T14:36:43.710-08:00Message #94 - Keep Believing in your Miracle.<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Don't quit the moment before your miracle... your breakthrough... your SUCCESS!</span><br /><br />If you keep believing your breakthrough will come. Your success will come.<br /><br />One way to keep your dream alive is to constantly visualize your success. Role play it in your mind. Then step out of your mind and role play your future success by acting it out.<br /><br />Really act it out. As a young wrestler I used to make an award stand in my bed room and role play getting up on the #1 spot after hearing the my name announced as the champion. Sounds corny but this stuff works.<br /><br />Another way is to make a feature film of your success in your mind and create a "highlight" trailer and play it constantly in your mind.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000099;">www.LeeKemp.com</span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-83510404939192611462009-10-22T08:44:00.000-07:002009-10-22T09:53:27.058-07:00Message #93 - Are You Holding Back?<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">The next question is WHAT are you holding back? For example; energy, effort and love, ect. We all hold something back. Holding back is the key reason we have Mediocre performances and experiences.</span><br /><br />Giving all you've got is the Key to Exceptional performance and experiences. Do you want to be EXCEPTIONAL ... or ... average?<br /><br />Just by waking up in the morning...You've Made it to the "Average" Club. What you do after that makes all the difference.<br /><br />Holding back is why people sometimes fail. When you hold back you never fully know what may have happened if you went "all out". Have you ever seen a person Passionate about something 'holding back"?<br /><br />Great Desire and Intentions are wonderful things to have... but ... Great Effort is more important. This is the classic "thinking about doing something versus actually doing it".<br /><br />"Remember Doing Something and Thinking about Doing Something Yields Entirely Different Results."<br /><br />The reason why some people don't "go all out" and give (what ever it is) all they've got is because they have a belief that what ever it is they are giving; energy, effort, love etc., is LIMITED and needs to be conserved and rationed, for fear it is going to run out (kind of like time in a day). By having this belief we gauge, on a case by case basis, how much we're going to give to something.<br /><br />Another reason for not going "all out" is Fear of Faliure. I'll address that in a later blog entry.<br /><br />IF WE GUESS WRONG BY GIVING "TOO LITTLE" .... often times WE FAIL at what ever it is we're doing! This scenario is especially bad because if fosters failure and mediocrity, and if we succeed it's just as bad because if fosters an attitude of low output EXPECTING good results.<br /><br />Strangely enough... WHAT DRAINS US OF OUR; ENERGY, EFFORT, LOVE (what ever) is the act of holding it back... not giving it 100%.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">WATCH THIS.... The more you hold back, or conserve something i.e., your ENERGY, EFFORT, LOVE (what ever), the more NARROW the channels through which "it" can flow WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT or WANT IT!</span><br /><br />If you give it all at 100% the channel opens and flows freely. Example; if you hold back physical effort in athletic practices... the more difficult it is to give it (and express it) when you need it - to have the desired performance outcome. Another EXAMPLE; the more you hold back love... the more difficult it is to give it (and express it) when you need to.<br /><br />This applies to everything. Think about it... People that freely and fully give 100% of their Effort towards something seem to have an unending supply of it... and are usually successful at what ever they're doing.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT AND THEN GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT...EVERY DAY!<br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#3366ff;">www.LeeKemp.com</span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654150986623617214.post-11608826245340408412009-09-20T17:02:00.000-07:002009-09-20T18:21:22.069-07:00Message #92 - Deal With It!!!!<span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Excuses...Excuses...Excuses! I hear a lot of conversations about why things don't get done. Please... STOP the conversations. Stop the EXCUSES. stop the EXPLANATIONS. Stop the JUSTIFICATIONS.</span><br /><br /></span>All that stuff is really the outgrowth of our FEARS (I do it too sometimes). Fear causes us to make excuses (i.e., explaining and justifying why somethiong did or did not happen).<br /><br />NO EXPLANATIONS OR JUSTIFICATIONS! PLEASE... JUST ACTION. You've heard of "Show me the money"... well... SHOW ME THE ACTION with no conversations!<br /><br />In life for every decision we make we are either GETTING something for it... or AVOIDING something for it. The latter is living by default. The former is ACTION oriented living with purpose.<br /><br />DEAL WITH YOUR FEARS AND TAKE ACTION TOWARDS YOUR FUTURE.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.leekemp.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000099;">www.LeeKemp.com</span></a>Lee Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903044524665062673noreply@blogger.com0