Changing Habits

For the last few years I have been using business coaches to help me grow my business www.cibnconnect.com

I am very blessed because as the owner of The CIBN I get introduced to the best of the best and over the years I have had some exceptional help that has given us wings even in a bad economy. In the network I also get to see who brings real results and who has practical techniques that are easy to implement. We have a few great coaches right now who specialize in different things but my main personal coach is Rael Kalley. Rael is worth his weight in gold.

Rael is primarily a habits coach. He is one of the most successful coaches that I have ever met and it is likely because he has mastered his own personal habits. He is not ruled by his habits, he actually rules his habits. As a result he makes really good money. I think that is an important quality in a coach because many of them want to give me all kinds of advice and they can't even afford a basic membership at The CIBN for only $700. If someone can't afford that little amount then I don't want to take business advice from them. I certainly would not introduce them to you either.

The first thing I noticed about Rael is that he did not blink when we told him the price for the MasterMind Program and he joined immediately. He has money. He takes his own advice. The second think that I learned about him was from one of his clients that was leaving his office one day. The man disclosed to me that he was making about 6 times the average in his industry. Rael also self-published a book a few years ago and has sold over 40,000 copies. That is unheard of. I decided last December I had to have him as my coach. I really need people like him around me.

An interesting thing happens when you hire Rael Kalley to be your business coach. You lose weight. No kidding.

The reason is because he is a habits coach and habits affect every part of our lives. Many of Rael's clients over the years have lost weight and more importantly they kept it off after they lost it. Some of his clients lost more than 100 pounds. That is not a common thing. Most people gain back what they lose.

When I hired Rael I was topping the scales at 244. It is the heaviest that I have ever been. I hired him in December of 2017 and by the end of February I was down to 230. I had not even changed much. I was not exercising yet at all. I was just changing the way I was thinking. After a few months, I had not lost more, but I had not gained it back either.

Because of Rael I was examining my habits. Mostly I was doing it to see gains in my business, which went up by $20,000 in monthly revenue in January of 2018.

By examining my habits I realized that I had set myself up for failure in business, in life, and definitely in weight-loss. Click Here to review my bad habits.

The first thing that I needed to change to get better results was how I was thinking about things. I had to change the way I thought to make permanent changes to my habits. I would like to tell you that those changes came overnight, but they did not. They took some time. In December 2017 on Rael's advice I started writing out affirmations and saying them 6 times a day minimum. Mostly they were about things I wanted to change for business, but Rael insisted that I look at healthier living choices as well. I did not want to. I did not care if I was fat. I like myself just fine. I was not motivated to be any different. He did raise a valid point though that I would not live to see the empire I built if I gave my body no further consideration. That was a good point.

I really, really, really had to start by changing the way I thought; especially about exercise. I had a lot of stuff in my head about how I hated exercise. I did not like it when:

• It was too hot
• It was too windy
• It was too cold
• It was too hard

I did not like to bike or walk, I really hated it a lot!

So the affirmations that I told myself went like this:

• I love to exercise (cringe).
• I love to go outside (groan).
• I only desire foods that drive me towards my goal (sigh).
• I enjoy walking every day (moan).

Most people would probably start a program a lot faster than me. I first had to defeat the demons in my head and my personal bad attitude.By January I was eating more salad and on a program for eating better. By February I stopped cringing when I said the statements about exercising. By April I was planning to actually go outside. It wasn't until May 1 that I started doing it. Now I am going outside for a brisk walk and even a little jog 6 out of 7 days in the week. I am making progress. Don't judge me.

Tell me how are you progressing? I won't judge you either.

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