What are you doing on October 4th?

Spencer Combs

I just wanted to send a quick invitation to you guys and give you a heads up on a $147 value that is being sold for only $30! On Saturday October 4th, we will be having our next M-Powering Event at the Embassy Suites in Columbia, SC. We have released 100 tickets for $30 and the sale ends on Wed the 1st. To get that deal, you must logon to www.mpoweringevent.com and type in the coupon code below:

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If you know of anyone else that would benefit from taking time out for themselves, please forward this information along to them. Thank you.

Revolutionize your life!

The M-powering Event is a full day event with well known results coach Spencer Combs, who has impacted hundreds of lives from all over the Southeast. Combs invites you to a full day of powerful immersion into a whole new way of thinking, powerful exercises, and useable strategies in getting you on the right track to a life you may have thought was impossible before.

For more information and testimonials go to www.mpoweringevent.com

Your Coach,

Spencer Combs

Tell me something I don't know...

by Spencer Combs

A few weeks ago in Charlotte, NC I had the opportunity to conduct a workshop in a large Real Estate office in the University area there. After the 1 hour event was over I offered to give free 30 minute evaluations immediately after which did turn out to be fruitful for about 9 people. Out of the nine, there was one in particular that I would like to share with you because every time I approach potential clients for our services, I know they have similar questions. Few people however have the audacity to actually ask me. I welcome them.

So here I was calmly welcoming each agent one by one into a very nice conference room. I felt like I was on a roll. One after the other, we addressed their situations, identified obstacles and created "mini-strategies". All in 30 minutes each. That roll eventually caught up with "agent x".

This agent walked into the conference room with a high level of dignity about her and cordially sat in the seat at the head of the table where I had motioned. I briefly welcomed her too into this session when she very succinctly cut the chase and said "Tell me something I don't already know". Well to say the least she threw me off at first, and that is not easy to do usually. Let me share the start of the conversation here:

Agent: Tell me something I don't already know
Spencer: OK, well... tell me what you do know first and we'll see
Agent: Well, I've read all these books, I've been to plenty of classes and training, I've heard audios, basically I've heard it all.
Spencer: Sounds like you have alot of knowledge about what it takes to be successful in this business, yes?
Agent: I would like to think so
Spencer: So how's business for you?
Agent: oh, two listings last year, a sale, and one referral
Spencer: How about this year?
Agent: Nothing yet
Spencer: When did you get into the business?
Agent: About a year and half ago
Spencer: So, what do you think has kept you from doing what you already know?
Agent: I,m not really sure. I just kinda stay in a shell and want everything perfect before I do it
Spencer: So you're not playing full out?
Agent: Kind of. I know what to do, I'm just not doing it.
Spencer: That's actually how I got into the coaching business. I saw plenty of stuff out there with content. You know the programs available... One after the other claiming to have the silver bullet to double your business. The phenomenon that I witnessed was the amount of people that produced results and the multitudes that did not. I eventually starting asking what was difference between these two groups of people. It boiled down to mindset and action.

I went on at that point to explain that to create any change or growth at a rapid pace, you need 3 components.

1. Immersion 2. Repetition 3. Accountability

This agent had the first two. She had gotten all of the long and neccessary classes and seminars. She was consistent with her reading and audio. What she was missing was accountability. Until you have the appropriate accountability to inspire you, you will continue to have a head knowledge - not experiential knowledge. I will post another article about accountability at a later date. Until then, think about where you have accountability or where you should get some.

With that said, "it is not what you don't know that stops you, its what you do know that you don't do that stops you" --Spencer Combs

Until next time,
Your Coach - Spencer

www.mpoweringevent.com

Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that...

Day in and day out we move through our routines. We have those favorite shoes, that particular shirt, and so on that we just grab and go. Our minds have a strong tendency to create patterns thus helping us to lessen the thought processes. It's kind of a way to keep efficiency going. I started thinking about how this happens in our thoughts and strategies the other day when my wife and I were cleaning out the closets.

So here we were cleaning out all of the old clothes from our closet and dressers. Not much a "fun-filled" activity. I guess that is why we wait so long before we do it. Maybe not you, but I have a hard time parting with certain things. I have a high value on conservation, thus making it hard to rid myself of the shoes that have not been worn for 2 years. The one cool thing however was noticing that I had far more clothing available to me than I originally thought. Even after riding myself of everything that no longer fit, was in style, or just flat out had not been worn, I still had a good bit left. I even came across several items that I forgotten all about. I was so excited too (of course it doesn't take much for me to get excited).

It made me reflect on how much of our lives are "routine". Now is a good time to go back to some of the basics and pull up some of the old files. Business is as usual. Relationships are on cruise control, spiritually going through the motions, etc... I think you get the picture. I believe that we need to consistently challenge the "status quo". If things are not working for us in the present, we have a tendency to go outward and find something new. Many times all we need to do is go back and remind ourselves of strategies we have used in the past (the ones that have worked).

Take a moment and write out a list of your accomplishments in your lifetime. Then pick 2 of them and write out HOW you made those things happen. More often than not, you will find a pattern. You may find that it is a pattern you had stowed away in the back of your mind. My encouragement to you is dust it off and get excited.

For more info on personal patterns join us at the M-Powering event with Spencer Combs:

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By Spencer Combs

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Me, watching women's gymnastics?

So here I am late last night totally exhausted when I noticed Michael Phelps win once again another gold medal in the Olympics. As this moment in history concluded, I then became entranced with the women's gymnastics teams competing. Watching the intensity build among them was making me even more interested. Maybe you were watching too. The US team was working on closing the gap against the Chinese team. As you may already know, the US ended up winning the Silver. It was difficult to watch the frustration on the US team's face.

I realized that it was past midnight and way past my desired bedtime. Which brought the question, what was so interesting about women's gymnastics that actually pulled me in? Gymnastics is not an interest of mine, never has been. Though I have 3 little girls, I at this point in my life have no desire to learn more. However, I found myself so intrigued with the skills, the focus, the resilience of such young people. It was absolutely exciting for me. That's when it hit me, Olympic games are the celebration of human physical excellence.

Deep down inside all of us, we aspire to be excellent. We aspire to do more, be more, have more. If you have a need to be inspired, turn on the TV. Look at these world-class athletes and model their paradigms. Model their physiology. Pay special attention to how they focus. How they handle setbacks. It does us all good to watch and celebrate the expansion of the human potential... even if it is women's gymnastics.