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the RockStar Way = Lifestyle Initiative Training...  Get LIT!

Resources teaching the art and science of "communichology" - where communication and psychology intersect. Initiative (noun): setting into motion; embarking on bold new ventures; the first of a series of actions

 

Once upon a time, “getting lit” used to mean something entirely different to me than it does today. Once upon a time, my life was upside down due to many decisions I had made over many years time. The sum of these decisions was my chosen lifestyle.

 

Then, in a moment of truth, after many years of “moments,” something remarkable happened: THINGS STARTED TO CHANGE WHEN I STARTED TO MAKE CHANGES! To be clear: First, I changed, then things began to change for me; not the other way around.

 

So, in a few words, here’s what I’ve learned and come to understand during this ongoing process of progress.

 

Take what you like; leave the rest.

 

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Your life and your lifestyle are not the same thing.

 

The quality of your life is directly proportional to the quality of your lifestyle choices.

 

Your life is the "what" and your lifestyle is the "how" you got the "what" you have.

 

Get it?

 

The outcome of your life is up to you.

 

It's largely determined by the accumulation and net effects of your day-to-day CHOICES and decisions... your lifestyle.

 

It's the sum of what you do and don't do over time.

 

How your life turns out has less to do with luck and more to do with work... how hard and how smart you work.

 

You have to overcome and rise above the obstacles, barriers, and pitfalls in your path by first recognizing them, and second, resolving to do something about them.

 

No one else is going to do it for you. Both your "success" and "failure" are equally your fault.

 

Life is about taking initiative, taking chances, and then taking responsibility for your actions.

 

To get there you must become a master communicator.

 

And to do that you must come to intimately understand the science of persuasion and the art of influence.

 

Life is a contact sport. And a person must master the many levels of "contact" made between self and others.

 

Doing this, you uniquely position yourself for "success" (whatever that means to you).

 

And since you alone hold the keys to unlock your own potential; you alone must position yourself appropriately to pursue your passions.

 

So get up... stop complaining... get pissed... and grow a pair!

 

GO ON AND SAVE YOURSELF!

 

And if "saving" yourself means finding a religion, pursuing a path, joining a group, or identifying with a movement to believe in and positively apply to your life... then do it!

 

The destination is more significant than the vehicle taken to get there.

 

Seek your own solution for your own definition of success.

 

Just do something and do it now.

 

When you begin to take action - you begin to make things happen.

 

And then, shift happens.

 

It's not about waiting or even worse... expecting things to happen to you.

 

Life owes you nothing!

 

Examine your expectations.

 

Open your mind and consider and alternative.

 

Real-world "rock stars" identify problems (they don't live in them) and then seek solutions to act upon, and apply, to solve or improve those problems.

 

Whether it's to achieve a dream or to overcome a challenge...

 

Those that have are those that do. 

 

Those that truly want it go get it.

 

Life's most worthwhile things are simple, but not easy.

 

Lifestyle Initiative Training Teaches the art and science of persuasion and influence to become a master communicator.

Lifestyle Initiative Training Empowers the "rockstar" within to be your best at what you do the best - personally and professionally.

Lifestyle Initiative Training Encourages the inner initiative necessary to recover from stagnation, complacency, or addiction.

 

In my life today, "getting lit" isn't about pretending through intoxication, but prevailing by pursuing inspiration that lights the way...

 

... this IS the RockStar Way™

 

Get LIT...

 

BEFORE                                    AFTER                                TODAY

 

Well I've been watching | While you've been coughing | I’ve been drinking life | While you've been nauseous
And so I drink to health | While you kill yourself | And I've got just one thing | That I can offer

Go on and save yourself | Take it out on me...

 

Well I’m not a martyr | I’m not a prophet | And I won’t preach to you | But here's a caution
You better understand | That I won't hold your hand | But if it helps you mend | Then I won't stop it
Go on and save yourself | Take it out on me...

 

"Cochise" by Audioslave © 2002

 


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