Motivational Speakers San Antonio

10/14/2024

Do you ever complain? I don't mean just out loud but silently, too. I know I do. Lately, it has been about traffic and crazy drivers. Complaining (especially about things that are out of our control leads to anxiety. It is also contagious. Want to know a quick fix? It's being grateful. Next time you feel yourself complaining, name a few things you are grateful for. You cannot complain and acknowledge what you are grateful for at the same time. It is a positive and a negative which are opposite like a magnet. Try this next time you become frustrated.

09/23/2024

Success or failure? Depends on perception.
I drove to Leadville Colorado and made It to 13760 ft of the highest mountain in Colorado (Mt Fuji is 12388). Got 02? Started in the dark through about 3 miles of forest. Spooky and alone in the woods with no bear spray. There is a lot of uphill elevation and I read about people quitting once they get to the treeline and looking up at the mountain.
Made lots of noise and came out of the tree line at sunrise. That 3 miles was a hike and fake news to compare to what was ahead. It was all up from there steep, but class 1 moving. I had bottled 02 but never used it (Pros and Cons using it). Best I can describe it is struggling to breathe with every movement. When resting at high altitude you should not feel this way unless you are suffering from
accute mountain sickness. The remedy is to move lower immediately.
I met some neat people going up. It got to the point I was taking rest breaks every 15 yards or so. I felt I had acclimatized before but guess not enough. There are two false
Summits on Elbert and I was just below the first one at 13760. I sat there and prayed and talked to some going up. One young girl I met before was coming down and she said she tapped out for the second time just 0.2 miles to go. She had stashed her backpack at the tree line and was only carrying a small bottle.
I sat there and it was a coin toss. I knew if I made it to the summit I would be returning to the TH at night. Out there it’s completely black no light pollution at night. My perception then and there was failure but someone made it clear to me later I had set my personal PR. Once again a different perception from
another human. My only competition is myself. I met a fellow believer otw down and that trip down was no picnic like I imagined. He had seen me earlier and told me flat out, I had made the right call. I knew I had made the right decision. I thank God for His Grace. So many things can go wrong on any mountain. My fear of heights was still there but nothing like Guadalupe Peak.
Today both shoulders are raw from backpack straps. I carried lots of water but never used it all. I am breathing at 10000 feet like back in Texas now since I went up and came back down to sleep at a lower elevation.

Trivia: The song Rocky Mountain High by John Denver was never about drugs. It actually was not played by some radio stations. It was about John and some friends camping out in the Rockies. The fire in the sky chorus was a meteor shower seen in dark skies. There is something magical about high altitude and mountains

09/15/2024

Back in Indianapolis for Cresline’s annual meeting—an interactive talk on perception and how it affects our decision-making. Mind-blowing mentalism magic and content. Let the mind games begin!

08/31/2024

I made the summit of Texas's highest peak but it was the hardest challenge of my life. This is not a class 1climb! I had all but quit because of dehydration. I brought 4 liters of water and electrolytes and still not enough. Families were being rescued this week and another guy was also having severe cramps following me. We had agreed to notify the park rangers of whoever made it down first. Aside from one couple going up to the campgrounds —I was the last climber left on the mountain. God came through lots of prayer. I never knew I would be scrambling to the top on all fours—so many cliffs and edges. One seasoned climber said this climb was harder than Mt Elbert in Colorado. The photo below is just one ledge of the climb. I have a severe fear of heights (acrophobia). I gave up but I didn’t. I was stuck on a ledge with cramps so bad I couldn’t get up. As I sat there on that ledge I had 3 fears running through my mind.

1) Fear of Death

2) Fear of heights (ie death)

3) Fear of failure

I had decided to go down as soon as I could safely stand up.

As I was looking down the slope for a way down, I see a nice couple (from Dallas) climbing up.

They sat beside me and first told me to turn around then said “but you are so close.”

That did it.

Only ten climbers all day and most of the day I was alone. When I arrived at 0630 there was only one car in the parking lot. Uncanny for a week before a holiday.

Never stop challenging yourself. You only have one life on this blue rock. We were not born to just stay in one rut. I’m still not over my fear of heights but the more one is exposed

To a fear—the less it has a stronghold on us. God orders our steps—we need to do the walk. Pushing through life’s obstacles is seldom easy. Just enjoy the journey. Thank you Jesus. Psalms 32:10

Takeaways:

1) Don’t let others set

limitations for you. We all have a mountain.

2) Fear is an emotion and emotional decisions are mostly unreliable.

PS: Check out the DPS rescue video from here. Being sick or injured in the wilderness is no joke.

08/28/2024

It is said the mind always gives in before the body wears out. Emotional decisions are unreliable. Keep pushing before closing that door. Learn more at your next annual meeting.

08/23/2024

Perception of Reality is an illusion—Albert Einstein

08/23/2024

08/18/2024

Think about what you think about. What do you think about? Humans have about 70,000 thoughts per day and make 35,000 decisions. Are your thoughts positive or negative? If most of your thoughts are negative it does not have to be this way. Take every thought captive (Apostle Paul). Is it gratifying or demeaning, positive or negative? Do you ever wonder why a thought comes out of nowhere for no unknown reason? The subconscious stores all these along with every experience. You do not have to be negative, you choose to be. Replace each negative thought with a positive one. Mind the perception gap each day by being alert to your thoughts! Learn more at your next annual meeting. 😎

07/25/2024

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07/19/2024

For years as a magician, I would see this posted but it seemed to mean if you believe the illusion is real, it is real. Albert Einstein is quoted as saying perception of reality (and time) is an illusion. We can never truly make another person believe anything because we are not them therefore we do not have their perception. If you are an atheist, I cannot make you believe there is a God but that does not mean He does not exist, only He can make you believe (if you believe the Bible is real). (Acts 13:48).

This applies to politics, food, sports, spouses, children, etc. For those in your camp who share your beliefs, you never have to convince them. We associate with those who believe what we do and distance ourselves from the rest. Read the quote below again and think about what it means to you.

07/15/2024

Your Next Event Part 1

As a meeting and event planner, you have so much on your plate. Having worked with event planners for over 20 years, I have learned some simple techniques that may seem obvious on the surface but are often neglected. It does not matter if you are a veteran meeting planner or just a rookie, these techniques from a mentalist point of view will help you keep your present clients and help gain future ones just from word of mouth.

The first and most important rule is to know your audience. Even if your client has been with you for many years, this event is brand new and things change. Sometimes what you don't know about someone tells you everything! Dig, dig, dig then dig some more. Know the company and what its mission is. Is it sales, marketing, or IT? As a speaker on perception, I can normally read a person in less than 10 seconds once I meet them. Not, meeting them I have to apply perception techniques. We are all born with this ability. Focus only on the client and the ones attending the conference including the CEO. I do this whether I am hired as a mentalist entertainer or speaker, it is 100 percent about them and not me. Stay tuned for part 2.

07/10/2024

You focus and watch the magic of understanding happen!

07/05/2024

Well, it's Friday, do you feel motivated? It is human nature to want something. The problem is once we get it, that "want" eventually wears off, and it's on to the next fix. Being driven is different because motivation is based on emotions. Being driven applies to goals and lasts.

06/28/2024

I discovered from taking off from running my situational awareness has weakened. I used to know when a car was coming up from behind me even without hearing it. Even at night I just knew when danger was lurking in the shadows. You know this perception from being in a parking lot where you know when someone is behind you etc. We are all born with this perception but like anything else, you need to use it to strengthen it. When I was a police officer, this perception surely saved my life without my knowing it. Police officers call it “blue sense”. Spiderman calls it “spidey senses.” Next time you are out, train yourself by just honing into this intuition we all have been given. See you on the trails!

06/21/2024

I started out delivering newspapers when I was 12. My first real job journey began the next year at age 13 when I rode my bicycle to a restaurant named Shoney's. I walked in and asked the cashier to see the manager. Mr. Davis walked to the front entrance and I immediately asked him if he needed any help. He looked at me for a second and all he said was "come back next summer." The following summer at age 14 I did go back and once again asked for the manager, Mr. Davis. I told him "I was here last summer and you said I should return now." He brought me outside to a tool shed and handed me a sickle which does what a w**d eater does but is 100 times harder. It was like 1000 degrees and I felt like I was on Karate Kid 1. Long story less boring, I did what he told me and the following day he had me outside again working. After two days he brought me inside for more testing and finally, I was working busing tables in nice air conditioning.

This is not meant to be a walk to school in 5 feet of snow story. The point is

I was motivated but motivation never lasts because it is emotion-based. I wanted to give up the first day. Sure I needed the money but it was more than that. The only kids I knew working at age 14 were working in to***co fields. I wanted something different, something unique. It's not because I was better it was because I was driven. I was being driven to do what I was determined to do. I believe God puts a desire in all of us. You can call it goals but I think it is more than that. Sometimes we achieve what we desire easily and other times it's a mountain climb. If you are stuck in a rut, take a breath and just be still amidst all the chaos. If you have faith, pray, if not concentrate on what you truly want to do, what you enjoy doing, and if you have to work harder than anyone else, do it. Remember, if it's meant for you, the desire will not go away.

06/20/2024

What are you dreading doing today? Come on, we all have "chores" that we have to get done. You know it's true and you can fake happiness all you want but there are just some things we hate doing. Whether is mowing the lawn, going to the dentist, present employment, etc. Welcome to Chores Perception. It is not just accepting and moving on but completely focusing on the task and nothing else. You see the conscious mind can only focus on one thing at a time while the subconscious is always ready to act, good or bad. It's the habit robot portion of the mind. Today, focus on the one thing you have to get done and only that thing and watch the magic happen! Learn more at your next Texas conference. 😎

06/19/2024

What happens when you are in a room when a negative person walks in? All the energy is sucked out. Everything is energy. Light attracts light and negative people attract negative people (energy). Negative thoughts are stored in your subconscious. There is a perception gap that you always need to monitor.

The way to overcome this bad habit is to replace the negative with positive. When you find yourself with a negative thought and speak, change it to a positive one even if you do not believe it! That's right—your subconscious has no edit switch and doesn't know the difference between a positive and negative. Learn more at your next conference.