Hack All of Human Experience and Become Your Own Success Story!

Information Technology. Brain science. Human Biology. Nutrition. Medical science. Neuroscience. Behavioral Psychology. Nano technology. Big Data. Performance Coaching. The list goes on and on. These and other advances of modern society has made it easier and simpler to hack your own system for success. You don’t have to follow the traditional route to success. You can hack your own path with the knowledge and experience of all humankind!

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The Wild Kat hacked her way into radio (I showed her how to do it!) and she can show you how to do it for anything you choose.

Tune in to The Mushin Hour—Extended! on The Wild Kat Show tonight at 7 p.m. and learn the secrets to creating your own hacktivator.

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Websites mentioned on tonight’s program:

• Maneesh Sethi’s hackthesystem.com
• Timothy Ferriss @ timothyferriss.com
• T.E.D. @ ted.com
• Freakonomics @ freakonomics.com
• Lifehack @ lifehack.org
• Big Think @ bigthink.com

TONIGHT at 7 p.m. live on The Mushin Hour—Extended!

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The elemental forces of the American culture; character, grit, perseverance, and resilience have all lost their place in the ethos of the American dream. The mantra “you must struggle to succeed” is now “you must aim for fame…and fortune”. The former rewards you with real achievements beyond measure. The latter will throw you upon a perilous path, fanciful yet devoid of the true elements of success.

Thursday, March 7th

Why You Want to Believe…in the Unbelievable, the Unprovable, and Downright Absurd!

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Ah, the glamorous life!

You watched it and thought, “what if it could be true?” You may have even said “hey, I feel that way too! Sometimes.” Then you probably said something like this, “Wow! All I have to do to live my fantasy life is think it, believe it, and then I’ll receive it. Just like the people in the movie.”

You guessed it, tonight we’re going to talk about the movie, The Secret and its subsequent teachings on The Law of Attraction. Yes, I know, this is a bit of a dated topic (at least to me that is) but since The Wild Kat has just discovered it I feel compelled to discuss it. The basic premise is this: if you want it bad enough, whether it’s your dream relationship, your dream job, or to see your name up in lights over broadway, you can have it. It just takes you aligning yourself with the right vibrational resonance of the object, person, or destination of your desires and you’ll achieve it. Yep, think it, believe it, then get ready to receive it.

Do you ever ask yourself why you believe the things you’ve come to believe? How do you benefit from those beliefs? Are they providing you with the right perspective and motivation to actually achieve your dreams? How are you measuring your success? I can go on and on but you get the picture.

Tune in to The Mushin Hour—Extended! on The Wild Kat Show tonight at 7 p.m. and tell us how you’ve succeeded at achieving your goals by using The Law of Attraction or any other superstitious belief you adhere to. The Wild Kat genuinely wants to know if The Law of Attraction really works or if everybody who believes is just delusional. Of course I have my own scientific take on the whole phenomena so tune in to hear my side of the story. I promise it’ll be enlightening:-)

Join the conversation TONIGHT at 7 p.m. live on The Mushin Hour—Extended! and get ready to learn the real secret to achieving your dreams.

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Books mentioned on tonight’s program:

• The Secret of “The Secret” by Karen Kelly
• The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths by  Michael Shermer
• Supersense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable by Bruce M. Hood
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
• Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenge by Steven M. Southwick, Dennis S. Charney

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We all think we’ll be happier in the future. Some where out there in the not so distant future, life will be better. It will be what we’ve always known it should be; a life filled with endless joy, passion, and a defined purpose.

The problem is we don’t stop to consider how different we will be in the future while we’re here in the present. Scientists call this phenomenon the “end of history illusion”. We recall our past and acknowledge how much we’ve changed but then we look to the future and expect that we’ll be the same as we are now. This is an ‘illusion of stability’. Somehow, by staying the same our lives will be different. And more often than not we expect that different to mean better.

The truth is, we fail to appreciate how our behaviors, likes and dislikes, goals and aspirations, successes and failures will cause changes in our lives and in essence, change us in the future. Take a moment and think about how different you are now from 10 years ago. Wouldn’t it stand to reason that in the next 10 years you’ll be different from what you are now? The question that should be of most concern to us all is “what we will change to?” What will you become in the future that you are not now?

I have a sobering answer, you will become more of what you are today. For better and for worst. For richer and for poorer. Your willingness to Change Your Ways Now determines your happiness tomorrow.

Join the conversation TONIGHT at 7 p.m. live on The Mushin Hour—Extended! The future you will thank the present you.

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Books mentioned on tonight’s program:

• Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
• Change Anything by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield and Ron McMillan

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Finding your path begins with the knowledge you now possess. If you wish a different path you must change what you know. Change what you know and you will change the direction of your life.

All paths exist within the realm of Knowledge—within the Void. If you learn the Ways of Knowing and Doing you may choose any path you wish. This is mastery of the Void. This is Mushin.

We’re social animals. We crave conversation and the comfort we find in the spoken word. Our social environment influences our personal growth more than any other external source. What words do you use to inspire your environment?

Tell us how you use words to enhance your conversations in the comment section below.

We’re talking all the time; not only to the people we come into contact with daily but with ourselves. We use words from our inner vocabulary to convey our feelings and ideas to whomever we can get to listen. And sometimes that conversation occurs in our own heads. Words Matter. Change Your Language. Change Your Life!

Tell us how you use words to enhance your conversation in the comment section below.

Most times on The Mushin Hour—Extended! we talk about SUCCESS and achievement, and how you can position yourself to experience both in your lifetime. I’ll usually throw in a few tools that give you some way of forcing the change necessary within your behavior to see SUCCESS happen. You can think of these tools as a compass guiding you in the right direction toward your goals. It’s a good tool to have and essentially pretty easy to acquire because SUCCESS after all leaves evidence. Compile those tools along with the evidence and you get a map of your potential future outcomes. Interestingly enough, the same can be done with FAILURE.

Tonight I’m going to talk about the flip side of that compass; FAILURE! and the Sorrows of Living an Unfulfilled Life.

In the business publication media, a lot of press is given to best practices in business that elevate the act of failing to a level of reverence. You may have undoubtedly heard the quote, “Want to succeed faster? Double your failure rate!” That approach may work well for the business world but we all know its the death knell for our personal lives. Just imagine screwing up so much that you’re constantly creating more sorrow and regret in your life. Does that sound like a life plan you can endorse? After all, your personal life failures is not some case study filled with quantitative teaching points you can debate at Harvard Business School.

You are an emergent person. Your life is dynamic. Everything matters. All the elements of your past, present, and potential future play a part in you becoming the person you are at each moment. You shouldn’t have to live to regret that.

Join the conversation TONIGHT at 7 p.m. live on The Mushin Hour—Extended! as we discuss this heartbreaking topic, FAILURE! and the Sorrows of Living an Unfulfilled Life. And maybe, just maybe I can help you learn how you can avoid this all too common path and achieve a life of success worth aspiring to.

Books mentioned on tonight’s program:

• Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
• Change Anything by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield and Ron McMillan

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Success! Let’s face it, we’re all trying to achieve it, both in our professional and personal lives. Yet very few of us actually achieve this highly sought after status. According to the lastest scientific research, its our lack of willpower. Apparently having willpower used to be a sign of strong character back in the early twentieth century, but we’ve gotten smarter and more technologically-advanced since then and in our wisdom instituted programs that raised our confidence and self-esteem with mantras like, “if it feels good, do it.” Well that hasn’t turned out so well because on all global tests Americans rank highest in confidence and self-esteem but lowest in math and science scores (say what you may about math and science but all the signs show that its the future to a nation’s prosperity).

Interestingly, Americans consistently point to a lack of personal willpower as the number one challenge to achieving their goals. This lack of self-control has shown to be a major contributing factor to many of our societal problems: high divorce rate, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, crime, bankruptcy, obesity, and unrestrained consumerism, etc. It’s pretty hard to consider yourself a success if you’re suffering from these shortcomings.

On the other hand, international studies show that people who exhibit stronger willpower/self-control are physically healthier, get paid more, have better and longer lasting relationships, are more emotionally stable (suffer less anxiety, paranoia, depression, and other psychotic illnesses), and are generally happier overall. Sounds like it might be worth getting some willpower back into our lives doesn’t it?

Books mentioned on tonight’s program: 

• Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
• The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal
• Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life by Garret Kramer
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

*For an extended look into this subject, check out my last blog post here

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Clayton Christensen, legendary Harvard Business School professor and best-selling author, reflects on what he has learned as a leading authority on business success and failure. What should be of deep interest to all of us is how these lessons easily apply to individuals at the personal level. Watch this TEDx broadcast intently, you’ll get quite a lot out of it.

So what do you think? Did Professor Christensen’s message resonate with you in anyway? He has after all studied many of the greatest companies run by some of the smartest people and concluded that by focusing so much time and attention on “the most immediate and tangible evidence of achievement”, they unwittingly implemented a strategy of failure.

Are you aggregating everything up so that you can maximize today’s profitability at the cost of your lifetime success? What are your Statements of Causality? Do you think its possible you might fail to become successful by ardently planning to be successful?

I’d like to hear your thoughts. Leave your comments in the section below.