My Wife Owns It!

Today we are shooting for my new company Union Springs Wellness. They have asked my sweet bride, Angel to be the superstar and to present for us doing a series of videos. I am so proud of her and how well she has done over the past few days. It has been grueling, and she is presenting a product that she really is not very familiar with.

She is standing in front of the camera, a producer, hot lights, the President of the company and a number of our colleagues. Through it all she is completely OWNING IT.   She's owning it like shes has done this a million times and as if there is no pressure.

I am so proud of her, and delighted that I get to call her my Sweetheart...
I am so lucky...

Thanks for Owning it Angel, and teaching me how to own it every day of my life.

Now for the rest of ya... Get out there and Own IT! Then send me your stories so I can share them with the world.

~Brad~

DaKine

"Dakine" is a Hawaiian word that is probabaly the most dynamic word on earth. My buddy from Hawaii told me that it is from Pigeon that the natives speak on the islands. The definition is whatever you need it to be when you use the word...

Sometimes when you own it, you may need something like Dakine, cause you are doing what your are gonna do, but you may not know everything about what you are gonna do... That is okay; like I always say... Just own it...

But when that frail moment comes when you fear that someone may find out that you don't totally own it... "Dakine and No Worries Bra! You got dis!"

This is where you would apply the saying "Fake it till you make it". 99% of the time you can pull it off and people will think you are amazing for it.

True courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is being scared to death and not letting anyone else know it.

Dakine~ (That means "Own it" right now)
~Brad~

What makes you so special!?

I remember getting asked this question sarcastically back in the days of Junior High, and feeling so insecure, to be asked such a demeaning question if front of everyone...

Those days are long gone, and today I pose the question not in a demeaning fashion, but in one that is empowering... "What makes you so special?"

Take a minute to reflect on this question... This is a powerful questions when you really consider it.

Once you have a couple of specialties picked out... You guessed it! "OWN IT!" Make them a conscious part of who you are. As you do, you will build on strengths, propelling yourself towards happiness and fulfillment you deserve!

~Brad~ 

There is a line that needs to be drawn...

When owning it, there is a line that needs to be defined... This morning I went to the gym and had a fantastic workout. It was leg day... When I was done I showered and began to get ready to go to work. When I pulled my trousers off the hanger, I noted that they felt a little different...

I proceeded to flop them open and went to put my right leg in as I always do, but suddenly I realized what the problem was. These were not my pants! They were my wife's pants...!

"Own it" came the thought to my mind...

Like I said "There is a line that needs to be drawn".

I drove home and retrieved my trousers and was off to work. (Owning it all the way!)

Get Owned and like it!

 So what is this crazy talk all about "Owning your life"?

Like I said before, the slogan was derived from one of my mentors who said "Just Own It". I was asking him about an outfit that I was wearing and I was not feeling very secure about.

He told me that if I just owned it others would follow... guess what?! I got so many compliments on that outfit, and have worn many other crazy mixtures just to see if I could get away with it. And every time I get compliments... Therefore, I have decided to not just own my outfits, but to own my life.

Sometimes "Owning It" is not easy... sometimes "Owning It" will require some risks... But it's like my buddy Seth Godin has been teaching me through his blog; You have to poke the box sometimes and make things happen (see Seth Godin's Blog if you are confused; He is the Man!)

So, the long and the short... You need to get owned by YOU and take control of your  life. If others question you, don't let it derail your course. Who are they to tell you what is right and what is not.

... If there's one thing I've learned, it's that there is more than one way to skin an iPod. And doing things your way just might lead to something great.

Henry Ford said; "If I had asked the people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses". Henry Ford Owned his life and didn't worry about what others thought. Through that act he changed the way that the world did business.

Now get out there and Get Owned! (Only by yourself of Course). You'll love the results!
~Brad~

Powerful

Think about yourself for a minute. Were you born to fail? Were you born and sent to this earth by God to suffer and to have sadness?

I boldly declare that you were not! In fact I know that you were sent to this earth to succeed! Remember that those who are successful are merely the ones that never stopped trying.

Those guys that did stop trying... They would have been successful if they had just kept going.

I know that sometimes circumstance requires us to change our course, but I would venture to say that in and of it's self is a blessing, and maybe you should stop fighting it and go with the new direction.

Steven Houghton Jr. said: "We cannot change the course of the wind, but we can adjust our sails" Wise counsel in my estimations.

Own Your Life my friends. You were created for greatness, and nothing less. You are POWERFUL!

Invictus

Invictus mean "Unconquerable" in Latin. Consider for a moment if you will... Your life.
Are you unconquerable? Have you earned the title of "Invictus"?

Before you answer that to yourself read the following poem by William Ernest Henley:

-Invictus-

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years finds,
And shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

Are you owning your life? Are you the captain of your soul? Have you determined who you are and what you want to be?

Furthermore... Have you determined What the influences of your life are, and what you want them to do for you? How you want them to interact with your life? How you want them to help advance your goals and dreams?

If you haven't, I promise you that if you will map it out on paper, (I strongly recommend you write it in a journal or something like that). If you will do this, I guarantee your money back, things will start to happen. Positive things... In fact; very positive things.

This is one of the first steps to owning your life. Now get out there Invictus! and OWN YOUR LIFE!