On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright shares why the dream matter to the team.
8 Things That Happen When You Finally Decide to Live Your Dreams ...
You'll see "IT" everywhere
Once you commit to living your dreams, the lids blinding your eyes will be lifted. A completely new world will be opened to your view. You will notice opportunities that have been in your reach all along, ones your conscious mind simply didn't pay attention to. "Selective attention" is the process of focusing on a particular object in the environment for a certain period of time. Attention is a limited resource, so selective attention allows us to tune out unimportant details and focus on what matters.
You'll Have Boundless Energy, Fueled By Purpose
"I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose." --Kobe Bryant
After you've crossed the threshold of decision, you will find a new wellspring of energy. You'll no longer need to rely on willpower. Willpower is garbage. It is for amateurs. It's for people still conflicted about what they want to do. Once you've moved beyond WILL and onto WHY, you no longer have to coax yourself into action. The decision has been made. Rather than focusing on defense against further damage, failure or risks, you're now on the offense.
You'll Stop Worrying About -- and Instead Anticipate -- the Future:
"Your future is as bright as your faith." -- Thomas S. Monson
Once you've made your decision to move forward, you have nothing to worry about. You are a magnet for attracting nothing buy brilliance. You're no longer chasing happiness, but rather creating happiness in others. You know success is inevitable, because you're in alignment with who you are and you like that person. You can have happiness in your life as long as you are willing to give up what you hate.
People will Enter your Life to Help You: "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." -- Unknown
You will begin attracting the right people in your life when you start doing the work. Also, when you are on a dedicated mission, people will come to your aid to help you make it real. It begins with initiative and openness. Initiative requires you to be bold and openness requires you to remain humble. You will become a beacon of light for others when they witness the boldness in your work ethic, and the humbleness in your leaning in.
Nothing will Seem Impossible to You:
"You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You need to develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end." -- Paul Arden
Believing something is impossible is arrogant. It was arrogant of people to believe we'd never fly. It was arrogant of people to believe we'd never put man on the moon. It was arrogant of people to believe we wouldn't have satellites in the sky guiding global communication. We don't know what we don't know. Why put a cap on what's possible? Why live in the past??? Anything and everything could happen. And being open to that fact allows you infinitely more options than those who put an invisible barrier on possibility.
Luck/Miracles will Become Commonplace:
"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Similarly, Bruce Springsteen said, "when it comes to luck, you make your own." Dan Sullivan said, "Luck and God favor those with good habits." When you decide to live your dreams, you start to expect radical and amazing stuff to happen. Some will call you lucky. Others will call you blessed. Whatever the case, it's your new normal defined by your work effort. Beyond this point of luck, is the point of no return called freedom. Freedom from triviality and mediocrity. No longer will you be able to engage in gossip or other destructive activities. These things simply will not make sense to you anymore, and complete focus will become your new luck and blessing.
You'll No Longer Fear Success or Wealth:
"Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." -- Marianne Williamson
The most crippling and pervasive fear is the fear of success. Fear of success is far more dangerous than fear of failure. People fear success because of low self-esteem and feeling of not deserving it; and because it will increase what others expect of them. Fear of success shows up as: anxiety, indecision, avoidance, procrastination, and acceptance of mediocrity. But once you have a compelling vision, you will stop entertaining these thoughts. You then can start focusing on yourself and realize your success is your right, it is inevitable, and it's essential for accomplishing what you feel inspired to accomplish.
You'll Consistently Do What's Right, Even When It's Not Popular:
"100-percent commitment is easier than 98-percent commitment." -- Clayton Christensen
Most people can eat healthy for one day. Most people can be positive for a few minutes. But when things stop being fun, most people's resolve crumble. Consistency in your activity must become the evidence behind the belief in your dream. Once you justify inconsistent behaviors, you open the door to a lifetime of justifications. Making the exception the rule creates a reason to introduce new and constructive habits which will fuel your dream.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright hosted the show from his home in Treasure Island, Fla.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright comes to you live from his home office in Treasure Island, Fla. to discuss the importance of activity.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Paul Minichino shares how you can keep moving forward through the uncertainties of life.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright dives deep into how you can measure your progress when it comes to the 8 Steps and your goals.
Why measuring progress toward doing the 8 Steps is tricky:
The 8 Steps need to align with your inner needs and motives. If we don’t set goals to achieve these steps which are autonomous – that is, they come from our own motivations rather than being set for us by someone else – than we’re less likely to stick with said goals.
The steps need to be viewed as Growth goals vs. Maintenance goals. Growth goals are those that we look forward to achieving. Maintenance goals are those that we must do to maintain the current state in order to avoid negative consequences. Wanting to change (seeing the positive impact in said change) has a more lasting effect on sustaining the 8 Steps vs. Dreading to Change (seeing the negative inconvenience of said change) which contributes to the procrastination of the 8 Steps.
Akrasia is the state of acting against your better judgment. It is when you do one thing even though you know you should do something else. Loosely translated, you could say that akrasia is a lack of self-control. It is what prevents you from following through on what you set out to do. The reason for akrasia has to do with a behavioral economics term called: Time Inconsistency. This refers to the tendency of the human brain to value immediate rewards more highly thank future rewards. This is one reason why the ability to delay gratification is such a great predictor of success in life. Understanding the pull of instant gratification and being able to resist it helps you bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
Introduction of commitment devices can help lock you in future 8 Steps behaviors. It is a choice you make in the present that controls your actions in the future. For example: you can reduce overeating by purchasing food in small, individual packages rather than in bulk size. In other words, find ways to automate your behavior beforehand rather than relying on willpower in the moment. Be the architect of your future actions, not the victim of them.
Reduce the friction of starting with the 8 Steps by building habits of reacting to process praise which is related to the method taken and not “person praise” which is related to the individual. Getting started and staying started are directly correlated to receiving praise related to HOW progress is being achieved (strategy driven). Getting started and staying started are not correlated to the praise received of WHY progress is being achieved (purpose driven).
Person example: Excellent! You must have a natural talent!
Process example: Excellent! You must be using some really effective methods!
Moral: While it is natural for the people you love and respect to praise you after you announce an intention to accomplish, studies suggest that when someone praises you for an inherent trait such as initiative or ambition, it isn’t very helpful to finishing the task of kicking the can down the road. Further, in some cases, it may be less motivating than receiving no praise at all, particularly after you experience failure. This setback guilt could negatively affect your motivation to start another step or achieve another goal. Focus on the process by saying: that’s awesome! Practice that step daily and report back your progress weekly.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Terry Edwards covers how he works Andy Albright's 8 Steps To Success to grow his business.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Riddle talks about why it is important to live by "The 8 Steps To Success."
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright discusses the importance of his "8 Steps To Success."
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Riddle explains the importance of keeping your "why" and how it will help you stay on track to accomplish your goals.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Riddle talks about how to communicate your 'why' and how doing that helps you to grow faster.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright talks about why you must remember your "why."
Being successful: 80 percent of American business owners believe they will or have reached their financial goals.
vs.
Feeling successful: The same 80 percent of American business owners don't feel they are successful.
Those 80 percent American business owners know what they do/did to become successful and they know/knew HOW they did it. But, for the majority, they no longer remember WHY.
Achievement: It is something you reach or attain, like a goal. It is something tangible, clearly defined and measurable. It comes when you pursue and attain WHAT you want -- becoming rich/happy.
vs.
Success: It is a feeling or a state of being. It comes when you are clear in focus of the WHY you want -- being rich/happy.
What should happen when building a business?
We become confident in what we do (the 8 Steps)
We become experts in HOW we do it (Millionaire Maker Manual)
We become complete when we remember WHY we do it (Inside The Circle)
The single greatest challenge any organization will face is ... SUCCESS
The goal is to ensure:
the measurement of the WHAT
the objective of the HOW
the clarity of the WHY
so that they stay closely aligned.
The reasons so many small businesses fail ...
is thinking that job mentality (execution of your duties) is only fueled by passion:
For a business to survive, the passionate vision (WHY) needs a structured mission (How). And for that structure (HOW) to exist, it needs processes (WHAT) to create the expectation.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
Be careful NOT to let your WHY go fuzzy:
This will happen when you start to split WHY you exist (P.I.E.) from HOW you do business (Sell, Recruit, Build). In The Alliance, we help guard against this by marrying our WHY and HOW with or 8 Core Values (the House book). These values, and practicing them, bridges our reasons (WHY) with our practices (HOW) so that they don't operate independently or mutually exclusive of each other.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright drives deep to discuss the importance of belonging with others because of your 'why.'
Leading With Your Why: The Emergence of Trust
With trust comes a sense of value; real value, not just values equated with money. Value is the transference of trust. You earn trust by communicating and demonstrating that you share the same values and beliefs. You have to talk about your why and prove it with what you do.
Why is just a belief, HOWs are the actions we take to realize that belief, and WHATs are the results of those actions. When all three are in balance, trust is built and value is perceived. The why and the what make up the ends of a SeeSaw, with trust being the single pivot point. The HOWs with their two types of actions (values vs. convictions) drive the weight of the two ends in and out of balance.
WHY people who respond to praise should lead off with expectations.
EXAMPLE: People that need constant love and attention should start their conversations off with expectations that they need from people, then move to giving praise to people.
Set expectations first and then offer praise at the end. If they don’t, the front end is overloading with love and praise and the message of the expectations is lost.
WHAT people who respond to expectations should lead off with praise.
EXAMPLE: People who have high expectations should lead off conversations with love, support, compassion and praise before they get down and dirty with what they expect of people.
When you don’t offer support early in a conversation, people often shut down before they realize what is expected.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright discusses how belonging with others impacts your 'why.'
The "need" to belong is a very basic need. It is a feeling we get when those around us share our values and beliefs. When we feel like we belong, we feel connected and safe. As humans, we crave this feeling and seek it out.
Simon Sinek ("Start With Why") talks about The Golden Circle in his famous book. He created a three-tier circle that goes from "Why" in the center and works outward to "How" and finally "What."
Why (vision) involves the limbic (emotions) part of your brain. This stimulus is a cause and the effect of it provides a spark inside you.
How (the mission) deals with the cerebrum (thinking) of your brain and the cause is space, which deals with the endowments that Albright talked about on Wednesday's The Wednesday Call podcast.
Finally, our What (results) takes us to the neocortex (actions) part of the brain. Here the cause is our response, which leads to our reaction to the results.
What vs. Belonging
What others do and what they accomplish may have appeal, but it doesn't equate to belonging.
The WHAT or Neocortex part of the brain is the rational side of the brain. It communicates what we do with facts and figures. It is driven by a need to understand. This offers us our analytical reasons to take action.
How vs. Belonging
The HOW is what lets others form a bond of belonging. It contributes to the strength of our community. Having a HOW or moral compass. This aligns with our WHY. It empowers our capacity to be: proactive, mature, disciplined and open.
HOW SPACE: The Four Human Endowments
Self Awareness --> Be proactive in your thinking
Conscience --> Be mature in your choices
Independent will --> Be disciplined with your controls
Creative Imagination --> Be open with your judgments
WHY vs. BELONGING
When others clearly communicate why they believe it creates an extraordinary need to belong.
The WHY or Limbic part of the brain: This is the part of the brain that controls our feelings, which has no capacity for rational thought.
Combine Your Golden Circle: working from the inside out
Start with WHY (feeling to believe)
+
Align your HOW (principled to believe)
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Do the WHAT (reason to believe)
= Belonging and Committed to a Cause
CONCLUSION: People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it.
This is how you win hearts and minds. The heart represents the limbic brain, and the and is the rational part of the brain (neocortex).
Most companies are very good at winning minds (requires comparison of features and benefits only). The ability to win hearts takes more work. An absent of a why makes it harder for one to accept and feel a sense of belonging to the rational feature and benefit.
On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Terry and Tia Edwards come to you live from their office in Kernersville, N.C. to talk about how to live out your why.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright discusses the why, how and what of The Alliance and how those beliefs, actions and results drive your success.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright is talking about 7 different types of goals to help you win in 2020!
Most people have goals. They can be short-term goals or long-term goals. Question is, are these goals important? Will they help you become successful or become a better person?
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright wants to talk about what it takes to be a winner. The Alliance loves winners. And by winners, that means people that are fanatical about winning. They love to win. They don’t give up. They strive to do their best, and they empower others to do the same. They are committed to winning.
It is more about opportunity and support and less about talent. On page 15 of “Outliers” by Malcom Gladwell, he writes about oak trees growing in the forest. The tallest oak in the forest is the tallest not just because it grew from the hardest acorn; it is the tallest also because: No other trees blocked its sunlight. The soil was rich around it and deep. No rabbit chewed through its bark when it was a sapling. No lumberjack cut it down before it matured.
We all know that winners come from hardy seeds. But, do we know about the sunlight that warmed them, the soil in which they put down roots and the rabbits and lumberjacks that were lucky enough to avoid them?
Let’s look at this deeper. Sunlight is opportunity. Each year there is a Winter Solstice - it occurs when one of the earth’s poles has its maximum tilt from the sun. The shortest day of the year is seven hours and 49 minutes – marking the start of winter. Even on the shortest day of the year, we have seven hours and 49 minutes to get it done.
Attachment (assimilating) causes or contributes to conformity (peer pressure) and overcomes disfunction. When you add that with commitment (dedication) it causes or contributes to obedience (loyalty) and overcomes deviation.
The soil is our support. The external involvement (association) means working with like minds and causes. It contributes to connection (routine) and overcomes distractions. When you add this to internal belief, it gives a higher purpose (trust) in what’s right or causes and contributes to morality (moral compass) and overcomes detractors.
What about luck? We call it being blessed. This is a label that points out an event’s positive and negative effects. These improbable events happen by random chance … or do they?
Winners know how to take a seed, put it in the ground and put it in an environment where it can grow!
The four Ds to avoid if you want to succeed: Dysfunction, Deviation Distractions and Detractors.
When you can get rid of these things in your life or a person’s life, you are setting up the recipe for success. You can create bonds with people that allow them to grow like that giant oak tree that somehow made it way up high when so many other trees fell short. Creating great bonds with people will help people win.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, your host Andy Albright dishes you the truth about change and how to make it happen.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright is joined by Damon West, an author and motivational speaker who will be a keynote speaker at National Convention in January of 2020.
Albright had West on to talk about his book, “The Change Agent,” and to talk about what he will share with The Alliance at NatCon 2020 in Burlington, N.C.
West was a star high school quarterback, got a scholarship but was injured. He suffered from substance abuse, which led him down the wrong path in life and landed him in prison eventually.
West talked about the importance of being a servant leader in life and business. West believes that God granted him a second chance to do something with his life. He wants to make the most of the opportunity to reach other people who are struggling with where they are in life. West wants to serve others in any capacity possible. He believes doors open when you do what you believe God is asking you to do.
Positive energy creates more positive energy. Damon West plans to bring even more positivity to The Alliance at NatCon 2020. West wants to show people how to become like a coffee bean. He wants to help people change their mindset. He wants to take your belief level to a place you didn’t think was possible. West wants you to become the best version of you right now. Most people have everything they need to be successful inside of them, but we have to help get it out of them.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright talks about why fanatics are important to a company's success.
A lot of people think another person doesn't need them. Why? We all need to help set an example for others, and we need provide people with the opportunity to be successful. We have to do this for all people. We need to set goals. That's how a dream becomes a reality. If you can get a "dream" then you can work to make it a reality.
Get obsessed with something. Tell others. Explain it to people. Show them. Coach them.
Start with the end in mind. What's the end goal? Results!
Evaluate skills. What knowledge is needed? Think about how and who can make it happen.
Think about priority and activity.
Set up yourself. Self-talk. Future. Truth.
Go, move and evaluate. What are your most important actions? What do you need to do non-stop? It's work, more work and more work.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity Call podcast, Stephen Davies discusses what it takes to be a difference maker.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Terry and Tia Edwards talk about how to create a culture that promotes building.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Andy Albright is joined by newlyweds Jonathan and Megan Alleman to talk about their journey with The Alliance.
This Texas couple just got married and are setting their sights on joining the Millionaire Club with The Alliance.
Listen and take notes as Albright interviews this up-and-coming couple.
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity Call podcast, Andy Albright and a special guest shares how you can offer clients money at 50 percent off!
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On this episode of The Alliance Activity podcast, Chris Hill shares his knowledge when it comes to hiring and recruiting.
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