There aren’t any!

Business’s don’t have ethics, people do!

OK, OK you can probably tell this is going to be a rant…  and it is!  

The Bible says that an unequal balance is an abomination to the Lord. Back in biblical times business people would sell their wears to people on the street by weight. Poor people didn’t have a scale to check the vendor but rich people did, so the vendors were careful with those who had the means to check them and took advantage of those who didn’t.  The same is true today. I don’t care what your business is, you should have one price for the service or product being offered, if you don’t people will find out and you will be known for the crook that you are.

How about this… do you ever hear, “It’s just my job,” or “It’s company policy,” or “I just work here,” what you’ve done is given responsibility–to no one.  If you are not willing to take responsibility for your companies polices maybe you shouldn’t be working for that company.  But John, the economy is tough, jobs don’t grow on trees, bla, bla, bla.  Go out and do what God created you to do!  You do what you can and let God do what you can’t.  Is it scary…YEP  Is it worth it…YEP Is it easy…NOPE.  But it is easier then dieing a slow death at someone else’s hand, business plan and ethics.

The answer: Take responsibility for what you do and where you do it! Personally I am a lousy employee because as soon as I go to work for someone I know I can do it better and I start looking for the opportunity to open my own business….which I eventually do! I personally think that the next 25 years will be the re emergence of the entrepreneur.  The hard working people of this country are going to take what is rightfully theirs.

Have an idea?  Do something about it!  Put together a plan and start acting on it.  That is what many of today’s large corporations are doing…. and guess what????  Your future may not be part of their plan!

The very same tools that are available to large corporations and now available to you and me.  This is an incredible time in history.  With todays technology you can have phone systems, web sites and systems that can put you right in the game for a very small investment.

I guess the question is: will we stand up and be counted or just complain about the system we created.  Me?  I’ve been bucking the system for almost 30 years so I guess I won’t stop now.   Big corporations aren’t the problem, they are just entities on paper.  I bet you think you can do it better then your boss anyway!  I bet you can!  Now go out and conquer your world…..

I know corporations are big but they don’t have heart!  People do!  You do!

BE THE BRAVEHEART OF THE BUSINSS WORLD!

END OF RANT!

You are going to talk to yourself we all do !  The question is which voice are you going to listen to.  We have voices coming at us from all directions, from past experiences, other people, the TV and radio… we are bombarded.   So it is a good idea for you to control your inner dialog because if you don’t someone else will.

One of the best ways to do this is to find out what the bible says about you and memorize those scriptures.  Then when you are facing your own giants in life…and we all do,  you can direct your internal dialog with the truth of Gods word.

I just returned from New Orleans.  I was invited to attend The Great American Cook off  and got to meet some incredible people and eat some fabulous food.   This is the seafood capital of the world!  You know us New Yorkers we think that the best food is in the Big Apple.  Well I must give New Orleans the thumbs up for the best seafood I have ever tasted and I can’t wait to get back!!  The only thing more inspiring then the food were the people.

During The Great American Cook Off we announced The Great American Seafood Health & Fitness Challenge which will start in early 2011.  I believe this will be the largest fitness event the nation has ever seen.

I will keep you posted.

This is a pictue of me with Chef Dean Max who won the Great American Cook Off and my buddy Ewell Smith the Executive Director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board.

The Power of Goals

(reprinted from Martha Stewarts Whole Living)

Your Road Map to Success

“My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.” - Ronald Reagan

The world just seems to work for those who know what their goals in life are.  A goal is a success magnet.  Once you set a goal worthy of your life, you will some how be pulled toward that objective.  People, circumstances and events will all seem to work for you and for your good.  This is true of any goal and fitness is no exception.

Unleash the Power of Goals

Goals are the road map to your future.   Walking through life with no goals is like driving cross country with no road map, you will get somewhere but it may not be where you wanted to go.  Set your path with goals and see your dreams come true.  Yogi Berra, the famous Yankee put it this way.  “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” That Yogi sure had a way with words, didn’t he?

“If you’re bored with life — you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things — you don’t have enough goals.” – Lou Holtz

How to Set Goals

Action Step 1:
List your passions.  Remember energy is the fuel to ignite passion and passion is the engine of success. I am living the life of my dreams when I am… (Begin each with a verb relating to being, doing or having)  (Example: Helping people to live the life of their dreams.)

Action Step 2:
Take the above list and take one at a time and compare them to the other passions you listed and narrow it down to your top 5 passions. Then take this top 5 and write it down on a 3X5 card and carry it with you and read it all the time to remind you of your passions in life.

Action Step 3:
Write down “why” next to the top 5 things on your list and write a paragraph why you are committed to achieving it.  “Why” is very powerful.

Action Step 4:  This is where we put the plan together.
For your top 5 passions put together an action list of things you would need to do to achieve them in your life.  You will need to use another piece of paper to do this or do it on the back of this paper.  These are your goals.  It is easier to set goals once you know what your passions are.  Goals are the rungs in the ladder of success!

Action Step 5:
For the above goals, divide them into three categories:  Short range (1 month or less), Mid range (1 month to 1 year) and Long range (1 year or more) goals.  Again you may need another piece of paper.

Action Step 6:
For each of your top 5 passions, write down one action you can do today to get started on your goals.  The most important thing is to take action and start today then adjust your goals as needed.

Action Step 7.
For each of your top 5 passions, write down one or more habits you will need to develop to support your ultimate outcome.  Imagine if you exchanged 2 limiting habits for 2 empowering habits every year.  In five years, that would be 10 empowering habits that you do without effort.    That is with only 2 a year.  What if you did 6 a year?  In five years, you would have thirty empowering habits.  Do you think your life would be different with 30 empowering habits?

Master your habits or they WILL master you! The key is to start today and adjust your goals as needed.  Once you start doing what you know you have to do, it will become a habit.

Did you do it?  Why not?  It’s your life and it should be a fantastic one!

John Rowley is a lifestyle and fitness expert, author, speaker, and Wellness Director for the International Sports Science Association. He focuses on combining peak performance principles with physical and spiritual disciplines for complete and lasting success. Visit him at peakperformancelifestyle.com

CARPINTERIA, Calif., June 17 /PRNewswire/ — A peak performance and fitness expert, international speaker, best-selling author, entrepreneur, and television and radio personality, John Rowley has been named Director of Wellness for the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA), a provider of nationally accredited distance education programs.

John is the pioneer in combining peak performance principles with physical and spiritual disciplines for complete and lasting success. He has authored Climb Your Ladder of Success Without Running Out of Gas! – which shares the powerful lessons he learned while having one foot in the business world and the other in the fitness arena.

John’s amazing rise to the top has become the stuff of legend and inspiration. A college athlete whose career was cut short by a near fatal car accident, he studied kinesiology, exercise, anatomy, fitness and nutrition in order to get his body healthy again. After his devastating accident, John began a career as a janitor before tackling the high-powered world of Manhattan real estate as well as the dynamic international field of fitness.

Despite his entrepreneurial success, John has always been convinced that his savviest investment was in himself and the people around him. He is the world’s leading lifestyle strategist, helping people revitalize their bodies and energy through diet, exercise, and a well-balanced emotional and spiritual life for lifelong success. An internationally recognized motivational and fitness expert, John writes for Martha Stewart’s Whole Living and has recently appeared on Martha Stewart Radio and Fox News.

“John’s message that the key to success is energy is nothing less than life changing,” says Dr. Sal Arria, CEO/Co-founder of ISSA, “The incredible experience and energy that he brings as a speaker galvanizes people to action. John radiates exactly what we hope to inspire in our students – the passion to positively impact the quality of life of each individual with whom he comes in contact.”

For more information on John, please visit: http://peakperformancelifestyle.com/

About ISSA
Founded in 1988, the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) is the industry-leading first fitness organization in the U.S. to be accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), which is listed by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) as a nationally recognized accrediting agency and is a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). www.ISSAonline.edu
SOURCE International Sports Sciences Association

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Your experience of life will always be the reflection of what you focus on.

Focus on the bad economy, the annoying neighbor or your spouse that is always coming home late from work and you will have one experience in life.

Focus on how blessed you are with a spouse that is out providing for you so you have a secure future, on the fact that you are so lucky to have a house and have food in the refrigerator and you will have a different experience in life.

Take a peek at this fun video…..

Focus on the good, the pure, the lovely, the uplifting.  Focus on all the blessings God has in your life. Live a life of gratitude and you will live a joyful life!

Do you agree?  Do you notice the difference on how you feel based on what you focus on?

We all have different strategies to distract ourselves from things we don’t like and sometimes these are very counter productive.

Many times these counter productive behaviours are simply you running away from something you need to face head on so you can live the life you deserve.  Hard times in our lives don’t ruin our lives they just make us complete beings.

Many people who would never dream of doing drugs will use food as a drug when emotions run high.  In fact food is the most common and one of the most powerful drugs readly available to everyone.

Here are some others:

• Overeating
• Overspending
• Constantly arguing
• Obsessing over dieting
• Obsessively exercising
• Staying online for hours
• Addiction to pornography or gambling
• Cigarettes, alcohol or drugs

These are just a way of running away from the very things we need to face in order to be victors in live vs victoms.

It is time to put these things down and live an empowered lifestyle.

Are you ready to start anew today?

In most areas of life, there’s an awful lot of work that goes into the last ten percent..

Getting your body fat from 11% to 8% is much more difficult then going from 14% to 11%.

Making a gourmet meal is a lot more work then just throwing a burger on the grill.

Getting to work early, staying late and not only getting everything done but bringing value to your company takes more effort then just blending in with the masses.

Setting goals and the laying out a plan of action is ten times more work then just getting out of bed and waiting to see what happens.

The last ten percent is were excellence is!  Its the way we let people know we are different, we have expertise and have a high commitment to professionalism. If all you’re doing is the bare minimum required you will only get standard results and rewards.  The hard part is the last ten percent, which is why few do it.  Everyone is too busy focusing on being mediocre.

The secret is to do what others aren’t willing to do!  That is were the greatest rewards are!!!

Dare to be different!  Dare to be great!

Is this unfamiliar territory for you or are you an achiever?

Challenges are hard to anticipate in any business, but they’re easier to overcome with business coaching.

All athletes know the value of a coach and the more successful they are the more apparent is that value. As the athlete becomes more successful, the harder it is to focus and their coach helps them keep their eye on the ball. Personal coaching is just like sports coaching with regard to helping the best become better. Personal coaching not only helps you establish organized plans for every challenge you come across, it helps set those plans in motion. A personal coach helps you tackle challenges with a plan and strategy from your view and an outside view: the coach. This way, you can achieve all you want.

Think about it, if an athlete didn’t have a coach. He might keep doing the same things that have worked for him many times before, and he might be fine for a while. But eventually, since he’s doing the same things and not necessarily getting better at his sport or his skills, the competition will surpass him. If you saw an athlete without a coach you would think he was arrogant and unwise.  This photo is of Michael Jordan with his MVP trophy.  By the way Jordan was always the first to get to practice and the last to leave.  Working with his coach on the basics so he could be creative on the court.  The same is true in life, master the basics and you can be much more creative.

Its the same thing with you. Times change, the economy changes, innovations and business strategies change. You cant keep doing the same thing you’ve been doing. Eventually the competition will surpass you.

Its even true with big brands McDonalds, Starbucks and Coca-Cola are constantly ahead of the game and dealing with challenges. Especially in the recession, how many brands that used to be around (Fannie Mae, Bombay Co., Sharper Image) aren’t anymore?

When it comes to a company’s competitors and to your life a coach is a sound investment in your future because it keeps you ahead of and in the game of life.

Personal coaching is fast-becoming a great investment because it keeps the you ahead of competitors. Coaching is a rapidly growing industry for several of the following reasons:

- Personal coaching increases performance. Coaching develops the best qualities you have, making the most of your qualities, unique talents and significantly increasing productivity, making the most of your talents and skills.

- Personal coaching enables you to reach your potential, increase their your-esteem and thus raise the quality of your work and personal life at the same time.

With Rowley Results Coaching we take a very unique approach. We first focus on your passion then help you put a plan together to achieve it. We then help you in implementing the steps necessary to achieve your passions and purpose in live. While we are addressing your passions and plan we help you work on you! John knows that you are your most important asset. You must be physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and fiscally fit in order to be your best. So this is a holistic approach to life long success and happiness.

If you’re convinced, you’re one step closer to bettering your life.