http://prou.co Empowering individuals to realize their fullest potential Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://prou.co/personal-development/facing-your-fear-think-again/ http://prou.co/personal-development/facing-your-fear-think-again/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:32:58 +0000 PRO U http://prou.co/?p=8583 "How many pushups and squats can you do?" asks JT. "Now ask yourself, how many half squats and half pushups can you do? Going halfway in terms of your focus and activity level will go way less than half as far as going all the way would. When it comes to success, doing a half pushup is getting you nowhere. And that's exactly what you do when you face your fears in business. Facing your fear, according to Tony Robbins, actually ...]]> “How many pushups and squats can you do?” asks JT. “Now ask yourself, how many half squats and half pushups can you do? Going halfway in terms of your focus and activity level will go way less than half as far as going all the way would. When it comes to success, doing a half pushup is getting you nowhere. And that’s exactly what you do when you face your fears in business. Facing your fear, according to Tony Robbins, actually weakens you.”

JT has his own story about fear to relate from his days as a Navy pilot.

“As part of my aviation training, I was required to pass what’s called an Oral Board examination, where you stand in front of pilots who grill you for four hours about your knowledge of your plane’s systems and tactical situations. As the date for my Oral Board approached, I thought about taking it and it scared me, so I kept putting it off. Putting it off kept decreasing my confidence and made me want to push it away. I thought about failing, and it made me nervous. By focusing on my fear about it – facing my fear – it paralyzed me.”

So what brought JT out of his fear-induced stall?

“My Commanding Officer called me one day and told me my Oral Board was the next morning. Man, was I scared. But I knew at that point I had no choice, so I studied my material all night. The morning of my exam, I was nervous, and the pilots who were there to grill me could see it. But they could also see I wasn’t scared to death, which you can never be as a Navy pilot. And in the end, I nailed it, because I had to. It was go time, fear or not.”

Although JT still felt that fear the morning of the exam, he was in a place where it couldn’t hold him back anymore. And it turned out to be nowhere near as bad as he made it out to be in his own mind.

“We look at fear like a real barrier – a brick wall,” JT says. “But it’s just a facade, like a background in an old movie. So often, we make a bigger deal out of our fear than it really warrants. It’s always worse in your mind, which is why facing it and focusing on it can hold you back. Don’t face it. Don’t even let it look you in the eye. When you first start feeling it, just push through immediately and do whatever is in front of you that made you feel it.

Feeling the fear and doing it anyway is what gets you through. It only has the power to hold you back that your mind gives to it. If you just power through, you take away all of what fear can do to you and give it back to yourself.”

JT DeBolt is featured on the MIGHT Mastery call every Wednesday at 10:30 AM Eastern time. Additional MIGHT Mastery with JT and Patrick Combs is every Thursday at 7 PM Eastern time.]]> http://prou.co/personal-development/facing-your-fear-think-again/feed/ 2 http://prou.co/entrepreneurship/dont-rob-yourself-of-possibility/ http://prou.co/entrepreneurship/dont-rob-yourself-of-possibility/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:51:47 +0000 PRO U http://www.proelite.co/?p=7057 BUT… more often than not we don’t take the chance, we don’t take the risk, we hold ourselves back from approaching that “person...]]> BUT… more often than not we don’t take the chance, we don’t take the risk, we hold ourselves back from approaching that “person]]> http://prou.co/entrepreneurship/dont-rob-yourself-of-possibility/feed/ 1 http://prou.co/leadership-2/welcome-might-champion-jt-debolt/ http://prou.co/leadership-2/welcome-might-champion-jt-debolt/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:18:26 +0000 PRO U http://www.proelite.co/?p=6775 JT is a former U.S. Navy pilot and naval officer. While flying was a lifelong dream of his, JT found the most rewarding aspect of military service to be the leadership lessons learned while serving with tremendous people, both as an enlisted sailor and naval officer.

Today he shares those lessons with others, and has been practicing MIGHT for the past year and a half to help boost his coaching practice. JT currently has a triple-digit streak of MIGHT attendance, so we know he practices what he teaches!

JT believes the biggest advantage of the MIGHT system is how it keeps you on track, even ...]]> JT is a former U.S. Navy pilot and naval officer. While flying was a lifelong dream of his, JT found the most rewarding aspect of military service to be the leadership lessons learned while serving with tremendous people, both as an enlisted sailor and naval officer.

Today he shares those lessons with others, and has been practicing MIGHT for the past year and a half to help boost his coaching practice. JT currently has a triple-digit streak of MIGHT attendance, so we know he practices what he teaches!

JT believes the biggest advantage of the MIGHT system is how it keeps you on track, even on days when you just don’t feel like going for it. By being consistent and patient, you can overcome those days and keep your goals in focus. Please welcome JT in the comments field!]]> http://prou.co/leadership-2/welcome-might-champion-jt-debolt/feed/ 1 http://prou.co/personal-development/5-questions-toward-living-mighty/ http://prou.co/personal-development/5-questions-toward-living-mighty/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:48:20 +0000 PRO U http://www.proelite.co/?p=5731 But how can you focus this productivity to yield the most results? And, if you're not in that mode, how can you be inspired to get there?

PRO U mentor Patrick Combs offers five simple questions to get you going:

1. If I were "playing bigger" on my dream today, what action would I take next?

2. What's my next necessary action to advance my dream?

3. What would someone who plays bigger than me do right now?

4. If I were really going for it today, what action woul...]]> But how can you focus this productivity to yield the most results? And, if you’re not in that mode, how can you be inspired to get there?

PRO U mentor Patrick Combs offers five simple questions to get you going:

1. If I were “playing bigger” on my dream today, what action would I take next?

2. What’s my next necessary action to advance my dream?

3. What would someone who plays bigger than me do right now?

4. If I were really going for it today, what action would I take?

5. If I only had one hour to work at all, what action would I take?

These may not be comfortable questions to ask yourself, as the answers may reveal you’re not in the game the way you want to be. But that’s not a bad thing. Any dream worth pursuing cannot be accomplished within your comfort zone. You’ve got to stretch and go where you thought you couldn’t go to have the results you are looking for.

If you noticed, there’s a common theme to these questions – determining the action you NEED to take to make your dreams that much closer to a reality. Ask yourself these questions, figure out your own answers, and the actions you’ll need to take to change your life will become clear for you.

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