Hey Everyone, I’m in transit to Hong Kong right now. Stephen Pierce had recently visited my house and done an interview with me. Have a see!

(I have a shameless plug in there for IwillFight.com)

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Enjoy!

I’ll message everyone again soon with some more fighting goodies.

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For those of you wondering where the heck I’ve been the last month, there you go - I’ve been under my desk!

Of course I’m only kidding, I only spent a few hours there

But it does bring up an interesting question - why was I down there to begin with?

Here’s what’s been going on the last couple of months…

We had an ENORMOUS product launch, the biggest in our company’s history and to say “we had some problems along the way” would be an understatement!

We launched a huge brand new eLearning system and well, it crashed. We also brought in over 6,200 customers so you can imagine - every time someone so much as “farted” inside the system, we got TONS of emails!

But, you know what? I have NO bad news to report - only good news.

I’ve Never Learned So Much About Myself & My Business…

This launch really was the moment of truth for us and a test to the will, power and “fighter mentality” for everyone on the team.

I learned a TREMENDOUS amount about my own fighter mentality and also that of those on our team.

I also have great lessons that came out of it - things I will share over the coming days with you right here on this blog.

We’ll start with the first lesson today…

It’s OK To Freak Out - Just Do It Fast…

Look, we’re all human and it’s only natural for us to “lose it” or get overwhelmed. Being a fighter does not mean you’re not allowed a moment of weakness.

Being a fighter means you can recollect yourself fast and snap out of it.

Let me give you a story I remembered while I was under my desk…

This Lesson Brought To You By a TV SHOW - “Lost”

Background of the show: A plane mysteriously crashes on an island. Lots of people die but lots also survive. The island is weird and lots of unexplainable things are happening - people are still dying; everyone is scared out of their minds.

As in all crisis moments in life, a leader rises to the occasion. His name is “Jack” and he’s a spinal surgeon back in the ‘real world.’

He gathers everyone and starts to provide structure.

During the first season, something horribly horrifying is happening that they don’t understand and he needs to take a moment to calm down his “right-hand man” - who happens to be a woman (Kate).

She’s on the verge of a breakdown and asks him how he is keeping his cool.

Here’s what he says (I’m paraphrasing, I don’t remember exactly what he said):

“I was once in a surgery, life-threatening surgery, one small mistake and the patient would be dead and it would be MY fault. Well, it was one of my first surgeries and it was a very serious case…

I’m in the process of the surgery and I did something wrong, something terribly wrong - I had the patients entire back open and all her spinal nerves exposed.

Whatever I did caused ALL of her spinal nerves to pour out of her like spaghetti - I had basically sentenced this woman to death - holy sh** what had I just done?

Panic came over me, I freaked out and I filled with fear…here’s what I did:

(Pay attention to this part - it changed the way I handle crisis moments…)

I told myself ‘Jack, it’s OK to be afraid…here’s what we’ll do - go ahead and freak out, go nuts, lose your mind, fill yourself with fear - but do it for FIVE seconds. That’s it.’

Jack goes on to say: ‘I counted down from 5 to 1 and I let fear overtake me, but the instant my 5 seconds were over, I cleared my mind, got rid of the fear and FOCUSED. I fixed the problem and the woman survived and is living a healthy life.’

So what’s the moral of that long paraphrasing?

It’s OK To Be Afraid - Just Get Over It Fast!

Look, the launch that went sour this past month for us, the results could have been catastrophic - my name/reputation/team - everything I spent 4 years building could have been gone in the snap of a finger.

Scary eh?

And, yes, I WAS afraid. But, when I was under that desk - I told myself:

“Your team, your business, your customers - they need you right now, people are counting on you. It’s OK that you’re afraid, just let it overtake you for a minute or so - don’t fight the fear, let it come…

BUT, after that, shut up, sit up and get it done!”

What was the result?

The result was a record-breaking launch not only for the company but for our entire industry.

I’m actually being PRAISED and RESPECTED for the way we handled the aftermath - it’s freaky but it’s almost like it HELPED us. That, my friends, is called making lemonade out of lemon!

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The moral of the story is to NOT fight back against fear - let it come, accept it, acknowledge it, even let it overtake you. BUT, always control it.

YOU tell it when it can come in and YOU tell it when it has to leave. Let it come in for just a bit, then kick it out, re-focus and bring the fighter back out to solve the crisis.

Till next time…

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** This post has been dedicated to 2 Indians who actually got Tshirts printed with this blog on them! hahaha…

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I had promised you this video too and I completely forgot to upload it. This is one of the videos from my recent trip to Mumbai where I spent some time with the Aseema kids.

I’ve told you in the past that they are FULL of energy and it amazes me. Well, here’s proof…

Just some back-story on this: I was walking through and they caught me with a camera and immediately wanted to perform so I could record them.

One of the kids comes to me and says: “I can do a cartwl;kjalksjdf” I asked him 10 times to clarify and I just could not understand what he was saying.

So…he decides that rather than deal with trying to make me understand, he’d just SHOW me…

The following is what ensued…

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I was in Mumbai last week. As always I came back refreshed and once again reminded that there IS more to life than “earning a buck.” Or at least there is more you can do with that buck than just buy the latest Mercedes

Through a generous gift by my dear friend Helen, I am now sponsoring the education of an 11 year old girl at the Aseema school - her name is Bussra.

Myself and a few friends spent half the day at Aseema again and I had a chance to meet her! However, the meeting was very informal - she is not allowed to “know” that I am sponsoring her (Aseema does not want some kids to feel special, etc…).

So, my meeting with her was in context with my meeting with the entire class.

Go Figure…Born Leader!

As if they could not have found a BETTER fit for me, Bussra is a born leader! Her class self-elected her to be the class captain (aka class president).

In the video below, she’s the one wearing the red stash…

Tomorrow, I’m going to post a video that shows you how “crazy” (in a good way) these kids are. I don’t know WHAT Aseema feeds them in the morning, but their amazing energy is infectious. If only all of us could be this happy with life.

I ENVY them for that…

More on my visit tomorrow

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I was wandering around blogs today and came across one of my favorite ones, SuperAffiliateMindset.com run by one of our fellow fighters, Amit Mehta.

Amit happened to stumble upon a commencement speech that Steve Jobs did in 2005 for the graduating Stanford class. Steve Jobs, in my opinion, is one of the most genius minds to have existed in the world of business.

Given he was a bit of a “weirdo” growing up and had an abundance of personal problems (let’s face it, who doesn’t!). Steve Jobs is creative, inspirational, a visionary and he knows how to create IMPACT.

Steve starts by talking about his life and he shares 3 specific stories from his life…

1. Connecting the dots looking back, not forward…the story of how he dropped out of college.

2. Love and Loss…the story of how he got fired from his own company!

3. Death…asking yourself if you’re doing today what you would want to do on your last day?

“Sometimes life’s gonna hit you in the head with a brick, don’t lose faith…”

Spoken like a TRUE fighter! Life is nothing without obstacles, we get strong with every new one and Steve’s life has been full of obstacles. He fought and fought and today he is responsible for many of the world’s largest technological movements…

Here are some of the obstacles that Steve has faced:

- Dropped out of college
- Openly and Publicly fired from his own company
- Lost his friends, even the love of his life
- Diagnosed with cancer

What else can you fight from!!

Hats off to you Steve, keep on fighting, you inspire us all!

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Dave Woodward has started a new web based TV show called “Legendary Marketers” - he actually flew down to Maryland to meet with me in person and film my own personal fighting story!

As I asked just yesterday for everyone to submit their own, I thought I’d share this very well edited video for you.

(BTW, that’s not my house, that’s my parents, I just recently moved out - yes, I know, I was lazy )

Here is a link to the video…

Make a video about your story too and send it to me at leadfighter at gmail.com and I’ll be sure to put it up here!

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I wanted to make a quick post to tell everyone to send me your fighter stories. Tell me if you’re in the middle of a “self-challenge” or tell me about the past when you fought against some odds and made it.

I really want to know and I’m sure the readers here would love it.

Make sure to give me enough details so I can really understand what you’re up to. If you happen to have a website or blog where you’re talking about it, even the better, I can give you some promotion on this blog for free!

Send your fighting story to my e-mail:  LeadFighter AT Gmail . com

BTW, I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but I’ve been keep the blog real small. I have not even mentioned it to my thousands and thousands of readers. HOWEVER, that’s about to change. I’ll be starting to promote the blog pretty heavily very soon

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I got an e-mail that really made me smile today. Oddly enough it was right after my “appreciation” post, but it was sent far before it (I’m just bad with e-mail).

Anyways, he makes a very interesting point … how does someone learn to fight if everything has come easy to them?

Here’s exactly what he wrote:

What’s really awesome is that he’s currently embaring on a challenge that WILL teach him how to fight. He’s training to get back in shape to run a 10 miler…

What’s even better is that he’s started a website to TRACK his endeavours, it’s a great site and it makes him accountable for his goal!

Let’s support him and have a look at: http://downbroadstreet.com/

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Definition of Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over, but expecting different results.

Yes, I paraphrased that, someone told me that definition one day (still unable to find it stated like that in a dictionary), but that’s not the point. The point is that sometimes I wonder if I’m going insane (given the definition above).

Here’s what’s going on…

Have you read my rant about “Mind Aerobics” yet? I talk about how this program has changed my life multiple times. I describe exactly how it works, you have to have an open mind - I didn’t believe it at first either.

Anyways, I also talked about how I keep starting and then STOPPING. I start listening to the CD every night religiously and almost IMMEDIATELY I see amazing impact on my day-to-day. Then, as things get good again, I get lazy or I get “over confident” and I stop listening to it.

I had promised myself about a month back that I would not (under any condition) stop this time. Well, guess what? I started traveling and the laziness kicked right in.

So, What Happens To Me When I Don’t Listen To Mind Aerobics?

I figured since I screwed up again, might as well turn it into a case study for everyone.

What happens is that I get more antsy. My ability to take stress drops significantly and I become more REActive then I do PROactive.

Meaning, I start to react to everything going around me, rather than taking logical steps back and evaluating everything.

In other words, I start to lose my cool.

I recently called Allen Koss and spoke with him about this and he said that “when you’re using Holosync technology, a certain element of it never goes away, even if you stop listening to it. However, your level of stress does catch up with you. Whereas if you keep doing the CD you stay 2 steps ahead.”

Personally, to me, it feels like I end up losing everything I gained?

Either way, off I go to start again today.

A lesson in discipline - Seriously, try to learn your lesson the first time, rather than the fifth time like me?

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I just talked about myself in third person like a crazy guy…

Anyways, I wanted to let everyone know that I have added a page where I talk briefly about my story and why I created IwillFight.com.

I also talk about some of the battles I’ve fought myself so you have a better understanding of where I’m coming from.

Finally, I discuss some of the future plans I currently have for this site. But, I really want your advice and opinions as well.

Click here to read more!

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