I recently added a new friend to my Facebook account named Darren Jacklin and he was exactly this kind of person….except for the “never get close enough” part. I hooked up with Darren and spoke to him on the telephone for over and hour the other day. It was intended to be an interview but we wound up having more of a casual chat like two buddies.

We swapped ideas on my current situation and my future plans and he inspired me like few others. The guy is just a ball of fire and very energy filled!

Darren keeps what’s called a “bucket list”. Whether you have one or not, you need to go check his out. See, I’m all about setting goals and having dreams, but if you never take any steps toward reaching them, it’s just wishful thinking.

What I’ve learned lately is that the main thing that holds us back is simply our thinking and preconceived notions about what we can and cannot do.

I hope everyone that reads this blog gleans a few nuggets of inspiration from it and shares their dreams, goals and successes here. I totally done with all of the doom and gloom and I REALLY want to start hearing some good news for a change.

I’ll be sharing more info about Darren, his thoughts and ideas and what develops in our new relationship as time goes on, but for now you can read up on him at www.darrenjacklin.com

Go be inspired!

Maybe you have set you heart on a goal and you want it really badly but try as you might, you just cannot seem to achieve that goal or even get closer to it.

I’d like you to take a look at this video and then leave your comments here on my blog. Please be patient while the video loads….I swear it will be worth it!

Nick lacks something most of us don’t. Did you catch it in the video?

I’m not talking about limbs. I’m talking about that little thing in your mind, the voice or the mindset that says “I can’t” or “It’s too hard” or “It won’t work for me”. Most of us posses that flaw to some degree but Nick simply does not.

I personally am not a good swimmer…yet I’ve got 4 more limbs than Nick does. What is that stops me from being able to swim? My flawed thinking or the little voice inside that says “but I can’t swim, I could drown”.

Every time you think you CAN’T do something or life has you down and you don’t know if you can carry on, please come back and watch this video again. Send the link to this blog post to ALL of your friends cause everyone can use a little lift now and then.

You KNOW you can do it now right?