This holiday season has been great! I hope you enjoyed yours because I did. The New Year is upon us and as I look back at 2014 I won’t deny it’s been a fantastic year.

Before I continue, I just wanted to give a sincere thank you to all my blog readers. Everyone who supported me by purchasing and reading my books or even just chopping it up with a Player, I say thank you.

When I look ahead at 2015 I see even more work ahead. But, it’s work I love. You all have been asking for more Game and I have it coming. In fact, I have to temporarily put my some of my business information on hold because of the demand. You asked so I’m going to deliver.

Coming up first in early 2015 are 2 Audio Lessons. These Lessons are geared toward those you have that have the basics down, but want to further their knowledge. And when I say Game, I’m referring to the Original Game. All Games, by whatever name you want to give them come from the True Original Game.

In one of these Lessons I’m actually going to give you the origin of the Game by actually using the Holy Bible. Some people are going to hate me for that, but if you want to know where you’re going in the Game, you have to know where a lot of these principles and concepts came from. I told you that the Game goes back hundreds of years, and I wasn't joking. And let me say this, no, the Game is not a religion – it’s just a lifestyle. A unique way of looking at the world and the people in it.

Some people think they have this thing figured out; I’m going to prove them wrong.

The Game has to be taught in stages, otherwise you’ll be lost. There isn't a nice way to put it – there’s just too much information to be given all at once. And there are experiences you need to have that will help you “fill in the gaps”. But if you don’t use it, then you aren't entitled to the rewards of it. Everything in life works like that. Do you think a successful athlete becomes successful by just reading books on the subject? No, they practice, they condition themselves and they hone their skills until it’s almost second nature...

You will never be successful at anything unless you actually DO IT! This is life in reality and the honest truth.

Some people feel they need all the information before they start doing something. And I’m here to tell you, you don’t. I've started businesses with no business cards. No business address. No website, no email (those cost big dollars back then). I didn't have easy access to the things that are readily available to you now.

Do you know how much money you had to spend back in the 90’s to get a professional business card designed and printed? And the stationary and the envelopes. Throw in the cost of a computer and software package just to keep track of accounting. Then you still had to market and advertise. I went around all of that and used my mouth piece to get business and to grow my business. And I did it all with basic information and a ridiculously small budget.

You have to recognize what day and time we’re in. When I was growing up we had encyclopedia books to do our homework and the library. Now you can just go online and get information about any and everything. That’s both good and bad because not all the information out there is the correct information. But despite my disadvantages, I didn't let that stop me. Why? Because I knew what I wanted. I didn't wait until my money was right. I didn't wait until all the conditions were right. I looked where I wanted to land and jumped.

Don’t take what I’m saying out of context, I did make some crucial mistakes. I did have some struggles. But what I wanted was more important to me than any problems I faced. I kept going and going and going until I made it. And you have the power to do the same thing.

As you gear up for the upcoming year I want you to make a commitment to yourself. Commit to doing something that will help advance your life. You should want to grow. You should want to be better and do better. It’s not about following and copying someone else, it’s about looking at your life and where you want to be.

Do you even know where you really want to be? If not, then commit yourself to discovering that.

Old thinking and actions will get you the same old results. You already know that, but what are you going to do to change it?

Enjoy your New Year! Let’s get it.

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Welcome back for PART 3 of our discussion on Self-Control. If you missed PART 1 you can catch it [HERE] and PART 2 is [HERE].

In PART 1 I gave you the best definition of patience I ever came across:

“Patience is self-control over a long period of time.”

We have defined the “self” as a part of you that exists without identifying with anything external; physical and mental – anything that you take “possession” of.

This “self” needs a control because it’s powerful but only if this power is directed. And herein lies a big problem. Most people don’t direct it. They let it sit idle or use it for small jobs instead of big ones. Small jobs reap small results. Or as we say in the Game, “Giants don’t build dwarf sized houses,” or, “If you don’t have anything going, you don’t have anything coming.”

So when we look back at our definition of patience, let’s look at it correctly. Patience has nothing to do with sitting idle. It has nothing to do with waiting; it has nothing to do with acting happy during a delay for gratification. It has nothing to do with waiting for things in the universe to magically line up, in fact, patience is an action word!

What are we doing when we’re being patient? We’re exercising self-control. We are controlling our “self” over a long period of time.

And, how are we controlling ourselves? By continually directing our willpower in the direction we choose to go.

And, how long do we continually direct our willpower? Until the job is done.

There is no idle waiting around if you truly understand everything we've discussed so far. When I say, “Keep it moving,” I hope this is crystal clear now. There is no stopping and waiting – we keep going.

Yes, it’s true; things don’t happen when we would like them to. Or when we think they should. Yes, it’s a fact; everything in nature grows - things don’t pop into existence overnight. But none of that has anything to do with staying on course and directing your choices in a pre-determined direction until you receive what you want.

This is being patient. This is the Art of Self-Control. This is part of what will make you a giant among men and women.

Many people get the ball rolling and that’s it. That’s as far as they take it. They put a little in and then sit and wait for it to grow. And when the return is minimal, they’re disappointed. That’s not “self-control” that’s wishful thinking.

I had 2 businesses that failed. One big cause of these failures was because I was sitting and “wishing” for things to happen. I was hoping that people would choose to spend their money with me. Honestly, I never gave them a strong reason to. I didn't present the option to them so there was no reason for them to choose. Peep Game.

You want big? Do what giants do – do big things. Think bigger! Stay focused and concentrate your Dominant Force over a long period of time.

Here’s something that may sound funny but roll with me for a moment. Let’s say you want a sandwich. You have options. If you choose to make this sandwich yourself you know you need to do a few things.

(1) You have to go to a store (or several stores) that carries what you need.

(2) You need to choose a bread, what cold cuts you want, the type of mayonnaise, mustard, lettuce, tomatoes or whatever else you want on your sandwich.

(3) You have to get in line and pay with a method of payment.

(4) You need to go home and put all the ingredients of your sandwich together.

(5) You need to open your mouth, bite, chew and swallow.

Now, how hard was that? Wasn't difficult at all, was it? You had the thought of what you wanted. You had an idea of what you needed, where to go get it and what you needed to give (payment). You then took everything and put it together in the way you chose was best for you – to suit your tastes.

Now, what if I told you, whatever you want out of life uses a similar process? You just have been led to believe there’s a HUGE difference – so you think there’s a HUGE difference. The differences aren't HUGE. You may not have all the experience, knowledge and/or skills to do what you want because you've never done what you want to do before. But that doesn't change the overall process! You think there’s a bunch of differences when there’s only a few and they’re not insurmountable if you really want what you claim you want.

You have an idea of what you want, you make a plan to get it and you go after it with what you have available to you NOW. And if you’re missing something along the way, find a way to get it or work around it. Just don’t stop – keep going. Stay in motion and drive that vehicle!

There’s no “magic formula” that will drop miracles in your lap. But, there is a formula. The basics (which I just gave you) are so plain that people refuse to accept the simplicity of it. Even many of you reading this right now are thinking to yourself, “There’s got to be more to it!” My question to you is – what are you looking for exactly? Why does something have to be complex to be effective?

Most of the power you’re looking for is already inside of you. And part of that power (not all), is the ability to choose and to maintain your choice over a long period of time (patience and self-control).

This is Real Game and what I call Uncommon Sense. It can be applied to literally ANYTHING you want to undertake in life. The limitations are only the limitations you choose to set.

Until next time...

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Welcome back for PART 2 of our discussion on Self-Control. If you missed PART 1 you can catch it [HERE].

So, last week we came to the realization that self-control involves controlling one’s “self” using willpower – the ability to choose. But we have yet to define just what, “self” is. We’ll be going there in this week’s post so get ready to soak up this Game I have for you!

If I asked you to write your name on a piece of paper then pointed at it and asked you who wrote it, your response would be something like, “Me, I wrote it,” or, “I wrote it.”

And if I asked you whose name that was on the paper, you would probably answer, “That’s my name,” or, “The name's mine.”

All of these responses are a sense of identity, meaning you are claiming the name is yours and you wrote it, no one else did and the name belongs to you. You completely identify with your name; you don’t put a separation there. Rarely would anyone ever respond with something like, “That’s the name I was given.”

We identify with things that we feel belong to us, such as: your shirt, your pants, your home, your car, your phone, your time, your job, your child, your parents, etc. You would say, “That's mine!”

When someone or something separates you from something, you say that you no longer have possession of it. Such as, “I lost my job,” or, “Someone stole my phone,” or, “I misplaced my house keys,” The sense of possession and identity are still prevalent.

But here’s a quirk in human nature, we often (not always) DON’T take possession of “negative” qualities. You will very seldom (if ever) hear someone say, “I’m making myself angry,” or, “I’m going to do myself wrong today.”

Instead you’re more likely to hear, “You’re making me angry,” or, “You’re doing me wrong today!”

What happened to the sense of identity? What happened to the possession? What happened to “me”, or “I”? We usually don’t claim things that we feel are “bad” or “negative” unless we’re looking for pity from someone else or looking for an ear to hear us. You’ll hear someone say, “Just my luck!” when something doesn't go their way, but why? Because they want to be heard, they want sympathy – everyone wants to be heard. Social media is a testament to this part of human nature.

This brings us to: Me, Myself, and I – your own personal trinity.

Anything that you identify with, you feel belongs to you (possession). But are these things yours? You will say that your girlfriend/boyfriend or wife/husband is yours, but are they really? You can’t truly possess another human being, can you?

And if this person you love leaves the relationship, you would say, “They left me,” as if the only thing that mattered was you and what you felt you lost.

When you are stripped of all your external “possessions” you are left with little to identify with. When you are stripped of all thoughts, opinions, ideas, dreams, goals and aspirations that come from external sources, you are left with little that isn't the real you. Your… Me, Myself and I. The power of just what you are – your “self”.

This real you has willpower. The ability to choose between options. In fact, if you literally had no other possession in the World, nothing to identify with, you would still have this ability. The power to say, “Me. I choose this for myself.” (Me, Myself and I).

If you’re still with me, I want you to think a moment about how potent that is. Realize how we take this for granted. You have a power within in you that is constantly at your disposal but you don’t look at it as a power because you weren't taught to. It just seems “normal” and mundane.

If someone has the potential to limit your options they can limit your choices. This in turn limits your willpower to a certain degree. On the opposite side of that coin, if someone gives you so many options that it takes you a long time to make a clear decision, this also limits your willpower to a certain degree. The reason is because you would weigh each decision as to what is right for you and what is wrong for you. Some people would never end up making a concrete decision.

So you can see the problem when someone says, “Live your passion!” You have so many things to weigh against each other that many people get lost. They back down from such a huge mental undertaking.  If you’re like most people, you have a lot of passions (the average person has well over 20) – how do you determine just 1 to live by? Is it right to choose just 1 to live by? It becomes confusion. Peep Game on that. This is how some people lead you around to where they want you to be. Anyway… back to our discussion.

So you have the power of will. The ability to choose options and this is part of your real “self”. The self that no one “gave” you or “made” you into. And this “self” requires control. Because without control, no definite decision is made and there is no direction of power.

Think of it like letting a car run down the street without a driver. That car isn't going much of anywhere and it won’t take long until it wrecks. Are you the driver of your vehicle? Or do you just sit back and wait for the wreck to happen?

We’re not done yet! In next week’s post we’ll bring all this together as we uncover the power of patience and why this form of self-control is necessary.

Until next time, keep it moving (drive that vehicle)…

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We’re going in DEEP this week, so strap yourself in! Once again it's time for some real Game. This is an interesting subject because there are so many Perspectives surrounding it, but I honestly don’t think most people realize how deep this rabbit hole goes.

Have you heard or read these quotes before?

“Good things come to those who wait,”

“Patience is a virtue,”

“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius,”

“He that has no patience has nothing at all,”

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time,”

Patience is considered by many an extremely vital skill to the attainment of anything. Meaning, almost nothing comes when we want it to, or when we think it should.

For thousands of years, all philosophers, religious texts and “spiritual” masters have all been really big on learning and exercising patience. Your question should be, “Why?” What is it about this single word people get so worked up about?

Some say that patience is the art of waiting. Loosely defined in the dictionary, it’s not allowing yourself to get annoyed, act restless, lose your temper, feel irritated, etc. when confronted with delay. All of these are forms of self-control; in fact, the best definition I've ever come across about patience is this:

“Patience is self-control over a long period of time.”

Now what exactly is, “self-control”?

Self-control is to control yourself - doesn't take a genius to figure that one out. But what is the “self”? And why does it need to be controlled?

Let’s dip our feet into the Game of it.

You are a combination of every image, opinion and thought you have ever come across in your life. In fact, most of what you think you are is not even really you. The person you think you are is just a melting pot of other people. Your pitcher is filled, but not with the kool-aid you chose to put in it, so to speak.

Now, from a metaphysical perspective you also have a “higher-self”, a self that is connected to the creator, or the higher consciousness or the universal intelligence or whatever name that’s popular this decade. And you would think that a “self” this powerful wouldn't need to be controlled – but they would tell you that first, you have to “connect” to it. Or get into its “flow”.

Stop right there.

I have to “connect” or “open up” to a universal intelligence that is already the very essence of me? Shouldn't it already be “connected”? Why the effort on my part? Why must I choose?  If this universal consciousness is linked to my "highest self" and it’s there, has always been there and always will be there, why do I have to choose to recognize it?

I still have a choice not to “connect”, or I can limit the strength of the connection by thinking “bad”, “evil” or “selfish” thoughts (I use those terms very loosely). So what’s more powerful? Your power to choose what you will do or won’t do takes precedence here.

You have a “higher-self” that you can choose NOT to “listen” to, or be “in-tune” with. You can choose, and in that decision lies an inner ability that you already have. It’s in you and you don’t have to go anywhere to get it.

Again, the key element here is choice – the ability to choose. Even from most religious Perspectives, you have to accept “God” into your life for him, or them (depending on the religion) to begin working with full power in your life. Again, we have a choice.

So what’s so important about the ability to choose?

The ability to choose is called willpower. And the word ‘will’ itself can be defined as a wish or desire. So willpower is the power to choose what a person wishes or desires. Or simply put… the ability to choose one’s own actions.

In order to choose, that means there must be options. If there are no options there is nothing to think about (reason) to make a decision. Are you still with me?

So what creates options? You create options. Or better said, you Perceive options. Your willpower (the ability to choose) is usually divided between what you think and/or feel is right versus what you think and/or feel is wrong. This is just a generalization because I want to keep this simple so it’s easily understood – stay with me. Once you grasp the concept, you can expand on it.

When you woke up you had a choice of what to wear for the day. Why did you choose to put on the very clothes you’re wearing now? Or if you haven’t left the house today, why are you wearing what you’re wearing (if you’re wearing anything at all). You chose – but why “this” and not “that”?

For simplicity sake, let's just say the Perception probably had a little to do with what you had clean versus what you had dirty. You immediately limited your options to what was clean and presentable. What was dirty was, more than likely, not even an option. And there are many more factors but in the end you chose what you thought and felt was right to do, versus what you thought and felt was wrong to do.

That is exercising willpower. Simple, isn't it? We do this hundreds, sometimes thousands of times a day and don’t think much about it because it’s “normal”.

At almost each and every moment of your life you are making decisions and using your willpower. Sometimes we make bad choices, sometimes good choices and sometimes we try not to make any choices. But even a non-choice is a choice.

The very act of choosing is powerful because it’s a commitment of thought, and thought is powerful. You usually choose what you think and/or feel is best for you. What’s best for your “self” and sometimes what’s best for others around you as well.

Willpower is like 2 equally matched boxers. They have the same height, weight, reach, skill level and speed. Who wins depends on your choice. Without choosing an option, they will forever battle each other.

So the ability to choose (willpower) is a part of you – yourself. But that still doesn't define just what “self” is and why we should control it.

In next week’s post we’ll explore these ideas further. We’ll look into this mysterious thing called, “self” and how it’s your own personal trinity. We’ll then dig into how this relates to willpower and self-control.

Until next time, keep it moving…

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