“Nothing will replace a well-rested mind and body. They alone are the fountain to happiness and success!” —Brady Cameron

Energy is the ability to go forth and do work. Well, I believe that says it all in a nutshell.

The people that are the happiest and most successful know one fact of life: energy creates the abundance of action!  Nothing else can empower you like a well-rested mind and body.

However, we have been conditioned by family, friends, and all social outlets to cherish and worship the all mighty stimulant. However, stimulants are merely band-aids for the real problem—and that is a lifestyle driven by stress and lack of clarity.

For far too long we have been told that we need coffee to wake-up in the morning—and, of course, maybe a morning cigarette. We have been conditioned through promotions and advertisements that stimulants are the way of life. And, of course, that leads to bigger and better drugs (more stimulants) for us. Why stop if you are a major pharmaceutical company raking in the cash on our need for band-aids.

But this is not another “bash the big corporation article.” Nope…in some ways the big pharmaceutical companies save many life’s every year. (Let me look and make sure there’s not an “Occupy Group” outside my window for making that last comment. Okay, everything looks good. )

The truth is that we need to understand that band-aids are only a short-term patch and that they do not promote the actual healing of the wound—the body does that. So, it makes sense that we need to give the body what it needs to do its job—and then allow it to do so.

The body needs rest and proper nutrition in order to work properly.  However, I do realize that it’s easier to pop a pill or drink something for that quick “pick me up.” But it’s also crucial to recognize that our bodies are capable of providing all the energy we need—as long as we give our own body what it needs.

Clearly, the body needs proper rest and nutrition. But these are foreign words to most Americans. So, if we are to regain our health and regain control of our time and productivity, we must take the time to correct our sleep problems and nutritional needs.

Start with 6 to 8 hours of quality sleep at night. Most of us run on 6 to 8 hours of quality sleep. However, to get that kind of rest, we need to quit the over stimulation of our minds and body about three hours before bed time. Here are some suggestions for better sleep:

1. Write down all pressing matters on a to-do-list for the next day. If needed, write down how you will take care of these issues so that the brain feels organized and can release the issue rather than making you toss and turn thinking about it while trying to get some sleep.

2. No television before going to bed. It’s a distraction and stimulant at the same time. If you really feel calmer by watching television then okay…maybe you’re the exception. After all, there’s bound to be a small segment of the population that truly does relax by watching a little television before bedtime. The key here is: “a little” television.

3. Make sure your room is at the ideal temperature for you to sleep comfortably and undisturbed. Also, make sure that the room is dark and that the house is secured, which is more about “peace of mind” subconsciously.

4. Allow yourself to pre-dream (as I like to call it). This is where you allow yourself to simply drift while controlling what you’re thinking to some degree. It’s like a dream, but you chose and control your thoughts until you fall asleep.

5. Take a warm shower before bedtime in order to help you relax. This technique can put you to sleep by up to 50% faster because of the relaxed state you’re in.

6. Limit your sleeping aids (i.e., sleeping pills, and whatnot) so that your body can start doing its job for you. Soon, you will find yourself sleeping on schedule, and your life will have a lot more energy and action as life becomes far more productive for you.

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Oftentimes, the most common excuse for not getting things done—or achieving goals—is that there’s never enough time in the day to do everything. That’s why it’s important for you to know how to pick your battles so that you can focus your most precious resources (namely, your time and energy—and sometimes your money) towards the most productive actions that move you closer to your goals and the life you want.

So, let’s count it out: 24 hours in a day, right? Well, when you think about it…successful people have the same number of hours in their day as unsuccessful people. So what’s the real difference? For starters, successful people have a mentality that defies excuses while unsuccessful people tend to embrace excuses.

Also, successful people strategically plan for their goals, allowing them the affordability of picking their own battles. Ultimately, successful people know how to tremendously advance their goals by executing vital action steps rather than focusing on smaller insignificant actions that don’t really have anything to do with the big picture.

Brian Tracy, in his program The Miracle of Self-Discipline, explains and summarizes two principles that lie at the heart of success, happiness, and self-discipline—or lack, thereof: (1) the path of least resistance, and (2) the expediency factor, which is an extension of the first.

The path of least of resistance, while sounds harmless and inviting, is actually detrimental to personal success and self-discipline because it promotes the fast and easy way of doing things. Rather than doing the tough—and often necessary—steps for achieving real success, many people opt for faster shortcuts, which thereby produces lesser results—and therefore lesser happiness.

The expediency factor (an extension of the path of least resistance) is detrimental to personal success and self-discipline because if promotes neglecting the long-term consequences of one’s behavior while seeking out the fastest, easiest way of getting things done. In other words, doing what’s fun and easy might feel good and expedite some results, but that won’t bring about the real results you need for true success and happiness.

Now, getting back to picking your battles. One of the first and most important elements in successfully achieving your goals is: believability. Whenever you set a goal, it’s important that your goal is believable. In other words, you must feel that you can achieve it—within reason, of course.

For example, if you’ve never made a million dollars once in your lifetime, it’s hard to say that you’re going to do so within the next six months—guaranteed!—just because that’s the goal you want. More than likely, you picking a battle that you’re going to lose!

Making a goal believable helps to get your mind around the action steps you’ll need to organize in order to achieve that success. Self-discipline is crucial at this phase, because more than likely, you’ll be tempted by the path of least resistance and the expediency factor without out it. This is where you have to not only believe that your goal is achievable, but know that you’re willing to do whatever it takes (even the hard stuff) to make it happen.

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“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” — Calvin Coolidge

I—myself—am not an educated man from the ivory towers of what others feel an education should be. I did not graduate High School or College. (Personally, I have nothing against education, and I believe everyone should have an education and get a degree.)

In fact, I come from a broken home and from broken surroundings that were not conducive for proper education. I had no real role models to look at—at least in the light of positive role models. Everyone told me that I wouldn’t amount to anything and that I’d be broke and dumb my entire life. Of course, for a while, my life went in a different direction than receiving a formal education.

Now, I’m not saying that this is the best way for everyone. (When possible, get an education!) However, if for any reason you don’t graduate or receive a full education, all is not lost for you.

Fortunately, in my particular case, I have a high IQ and the ability to take action on what I want. Therefore, I always knew how to take massive action and figure things out. I always worked hard and I always taught myself what I didn’t know. And through the use of tutors, I learned many subjects, such as English, Math, Science, and so on.

Knowledge is a great thing to have! But when all you have is knowledge and no wisdom, in my point of view, you’re still ignorant.

Knowledge is converted into wisdom by action, because action brings about the experience of how things work in the real world. So, as an example, we maybe have professors that are teaching business in our colleges and universities who might not have ever run a real business from the ground up. So, their learning is all hypothesis and conjecture. This is not reality. They have great book knowledge and little to no real wisdom stemming from experience.

When I was first looking for work as a young adult, I essentially learned a special trade. Initially, I landed a job as a janitor for a health club. Eventually, I worked my way to sales while cleaning the club at night after work. I took care of their pools and other forms of light maintenance. Ultimately, I saw what the top salesmen were doing, and I decided that I could do what they did.

Naturally, sales work was much cleaner and fresher than my janitorial duties. I soon realized, however, that I had a flare for sales and marketing, and I was, therefore, promptly moved into Management. I was the top producer and ended up leading many sales teams to spectacular quotas. While I was still educating myself in school knowledge, I further realized that spelling and basic math skills were vitally important—so I hit those subjects the hardest.

Whenever I realized that I needed something in my life, I educated myself in those areas first and foremost. What was most interesting to me was as the years went by, none of the people I knew who had graduated High School and/or College were more successful or happier than I was. Maybe because the real world showed me what I really needed to know, and therefore, I did not waste time or money on things that I didn’t need right them—but I acquired later on in my life.

Today, I continue to educate myself through courses, CD’s, books, and by talking to more informed people in whatever arena I want to know about. In today’s world, there are tons of ways to educate yourself. You are no longer tied down to only one method of learning.

However, remember, no matter what you do, be sure that you’re educated and that you can apply whatever you’ve learned—and that you and your world are growing because of it. Do not become another educated derelict. We have too many of them today already.

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“Life requires an out flow of energy!” —Brady Cameron

We have all seen the situation played out a thousand times: people not happy with life and blaming others for their misfortunes. Sometimes you want to grab these energy-vampires and shake them in order to wake them up. It’s not life that is bad and dull but rather it’s how you apply yourself in life. You are the problem with your life, not life itself.

We all like to blame other people and situations for our greatest unhappiness, but the truth is you are to blame—and at the moment, you need not look any further. It is very hard to accept the blame for your own shortcomings. To a degree, it’s natural (well, more of a tendency) for people to “want to” shift the blame onto others. But when you do, you give up your own personal responsibility—and that may be too much to sacrifice. Once you give up self-responsibility, all other qualities go out the door, as well (like personal efficacy and self-esteem, for example).

Life reveals itself to you in a very funny form of action called: “How much are you willing to claim for your own sense of self-worth?”  You see, people who have little self-worth do not have value for what others do. No respect for yourself means no respect for others, as well. Also, it is worth mentioning that people who are happy and loving life do not sit around crying and pointing the blame at people who are doing and creating things in life.

Life requires that you get busy making things happen. People who believe that sitting around meditating and downsizing everything is supposed to make them more holy or spiritual—and more in tune with the rhythm of life—are missing out on true happiness. These people are high enough on the conscious scale to realize that material things will not make you happy. But guess what does make you happy? The expression of your creative ability!

The creative expression of building something good—and that shows your energy moving in an outwardly direction—demonstrates that you can direct your energy with a laser-like direction and that you can make things happen for yourself and others.

If you really want to get spiritual, learn to make things happen in your own life and learn how to direct that energy to others in order to help make their lives better, too. Now you’re helping people—and not just sitting around trying to get others to do through blame what you could be doing for others through your own creative expression.

Personal development is very important if you’re going to be happy with life and enjoy the life that you’re living. See, we’re only truly happy when we feel in control of our own lives. And while shrinking the life you have to manage might sound good to you in the short term, in the long run you, you will suffer more from the lack of creative expression—and that will be a game stopper for all involved.

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“Entrepreneurs are the mitochondria of our business world!” —Brady Cameron

Believe it or not, your energy and time are the most important assets you have for your health, wealth, and personal happiness. When you are in direct control of your energy and time, big things can and will happen for you.

Energy is an extremely important necessity to have if you’re looking to become healthy, wealthy and happy. I mean, think of it this way: How many people do you know who are truly happy, yet lack the energy to feel and to function at a high level of performance? The answer: “None!” That within itself shows just how vitally important energy levels are for health, wealth and happiness.

Working for others—for the most part—rips your energy apart and makes you feel as if you’re not in direct control of your life. When we feel that we’re in control of our own lives (and that we have a mission), we’re much happier and we function at a higher level of personal pride and self-esteem.

Energy, if managed properly, will be the primary tool for your personal and business success. When you can compete at a high level of energy, you then have the energy and brainpower to solve your personal and professional problems. In other words, you have the energy to find the solutions that you need without feeling exhausted.

The truth is…whatever problem you are facing in your personal and professional life, someone else has already managed it and came out on top, and is probably already sharing that information for you to use in your success. You just have to have the energy—and resolve—to go after the information, recruit and bring it back, and then apply it—and that takes energy, of course!

Time is a crucial element of success and you must have the energy to manage it properly in order for it to become a valuable asset in your life. When you work for yourself, not only do you pay yourself first (before the Government), but you also get to make the crucial life decision about your time—and how, where, and with whom you’ll spend it.

“Life is a collection of experiences.” —Brady Cameron

We all have the same amount of time in a day for making experiences, but how many of us get to choose the experiences that we want to have and the time to make them happen? Working for yourself provides the freedom of time so that you can be in control of your life experiences.

Control over your energy and time is the most important thing you can invest your brainpower into. Furthermore, working for yourself allows you the time to consider the most important component in your life’s equation: you.

Having the energy levels to deal with your time is decided by what you do with yourself and the amount of self-discipline that you have. For maximum energy, try this:

1. Regular sleep pattern. At the very least (and worst case scenario), wake up at the same time of day regardless of the time you go to bed. Sleep is crucial to feeling good and having high amounts of energy.
2. Eat nutritional foods. If necessary, take high quality vitamins. (I recommend Life Extension, myself.) If you can juice, do so. If not, take a green powder called Green Vibrance. (I take them myself and have energy for days. Of course, pick whichever brand you like. I’ve used these products for years, and the results have been wonderful!)
3. Exercise. Even if all you can do is walk, do it. Something is better than nothing. Exercise reduces stress factors, thus helping you relax as well as keep your weight correct by stoking your metabolism.
4. Balance “alone” time and “family/friend” time. After all, we are social beings and we need to spend quality time in the presence of people we enjoy. So, enjoy your personal time, but also learn how to enjoy the people you’ve chosen to surround yourself with.
5. Be organized in your life (both personal and business). Organizing your time and energy to move in a certain direction does wonders for your life. In addition, making sure that your energy and time are going where you want them to go is just as important. This means making sure others aren’t stealing your time and that you’re not dealing with silly non-essential matters.)

When you work for yourself, you decide where your time and energy goes. This means that you are working to build your own life with your own time and energy, not give away your time and energy for someone else to build their life with.

Pay yourself first and reward yourself first with your own energy and time. I guarantee that you will be glad that you did.

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Las Vegas now has—what has been called by many—the most elite mental training available for anyone interested in personal development. The truth is that all personal development instructors like to feed you the carrot in the sky story. “Come to my weekend workshop and change your life!!” Well, the real deal is this simple fact of life: “Real life and real personal transformation, for the majority of us, does not work that way just after one weekend!”

The real truth is that it takes time to change yourself and the belief system that holds your current reality in place. It takes some time to change your beliefs, thoughts, and action patterns in your life from limiting ones to empowering ones.

This is why Creotology Personal Development has designed its Initiates Course to be six months long and to meet once a week—and, have some light homework. The homework helps hugely with integration and assimilating the material into real-world working conditions for your life.

It takes courage and conviction to change your life as well as taking the time required to do the work that must be done so that you can gain the clarity of your life in both the short-term and long-term perspective. Clarity is the reason for the integration period, and it’s the reason why a Master Instructor helps guide you through the course material and techniques.

The Martial Arts teach you how to defend yourself physically, and Creotology Personal Development in Las Vegas teaches you how to defend yourself from within your mind perspective (mentally). The real fight in life is in the everyday living of life and trying to obtain your personal and professional skills while also being happy.

Becoming a Creotology Mental Black Belt will give you the mental tools for handling your fears and self-limiting beliefs that you have about yourself and your ability to achieve—and how you feel about achieving goals in life.

Achieving is not easy; there’s no doubt about that. In addition, it’s almost impossible to succeed in life without the proper training to succeed. However, now there’s a viable option for your success, and Creotology Personal Development is here and willing to help you make it to that desired level of happiness and success in your life.

Beliefs are the creators of your daily reality. In fact, beliefs are the DNA for the life that you experience. Since beliefs are subjective, they play the feedback that manages and provides the raw material for how you will perceive anything into your life. The key phrase is: “perceive into your life.” Reality is not this “thing” that happens to you as much as it is “what you perceive” that happens to you, daily.

Creotology Personal Development will help you gain this control by getting you clear on your beliefs and making sure that you have control of your “personal will” and “personal attention.”

If you want to gain control of your reality and start living the life you chose, go to the front “home” page (of Creotology.com) and download your free report on becoming a Mental Black Belt!

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