Hey guys this is director of change, Benjamin Harvey, and today I'm coming to you live from a sea kayak in the middle of Thailand. We've just been going through all the different islands here and checking out the caves and stuff and it's totally a cool thing to do. And in order to do things like this, it's important that you're wealthy because wealth is the thing that allows you to have all the cheers in life. And today I'll be sharing with you the 3 'S's' of...
October 2011 - Things That Are Not True
I'm here at a place called Mount Meru, a volcanic crater in Tanzania.
Today's newsletter is about convincing yourself of things that are not true. This volcanic rock looks quite heavy but the funny thing about it is it's not what it seems. It's extremely...This is the Director of Change Benjamin Harvey and today I’m coming to you from a village in the middle of Tanzania. The subject of today’s newsletter is fulfilment.
One of the secrets that I have learned having worked with so many people is...
August 2011 - Do Something Random
I'm coming to you from Cuba and I just wanted to show you something that is totally random - I'm going to give you some value in this newsletter in just a second so just hang in there - but just check this out, this is just completely weird.
So this is a pre-historic mural. It's like...
Today I’m coming to you live from the back of a horse called Pacey.
What I wanted to cover with you in today’s newsletter is a thing called FEAR: Fantasised Experiences Appearing Real.
Quite often in life a lot people are too afraid to go out there and be successful. In fact, if you were to ask me...
June 2011 - Who Are Your Mentors?
I’m coming to you live from the national portrait gallery down in the ACT. For those of you who don’t know this is actually where I grew up, I only moved to Sydney about 6 six years ago.
The thing I wanted to share with you is a comment that Confucius once said...
April 2011 - Success vs Anxiety
Today I wanted to cover a very important topic and that is the difference between success and anxiety.
A lot of the successful people I know including myself when we're getting ready to do something new we have this feeling in our stomachs, something that people generally would describe as anxiety. This is a feeling of a vibration in their chest or some type of heavy...
March 2011 - How Much Is Enough?
Today I wanted to ask you a very simple question, How much is enough?
This is a question a mentor of mine once asked me many years back. He said "How much is actually enough?" He was referring to money. It was a question I never asked myself and up until then I always wanted to make multiple millions of dollars but I didn't really know why.
So I sat down and I started to write down...
February 2011 - Peace and Contentment
Today I'm going to share with you a bit about contentment and inner peace.
So here we are at the fern garden. It's around the back of the National Art Gallery in Canberra. It's one of the places that's quite special to me because when I was growing up I had a lot of traumas in my life that I had to deal with.
What I found is that by coming to this place...
Welcome to a brand new year!
I have a question for you: Is this year going to be the one?
Is this year going to be the year where you actually achieve all the goals you set out to do?
I'm sure, like me, you have had years where you have written goals down that you really wanted to achieve but 30 days later you weren't really achieving any of them.
The thing I want to talk to talk about today is trust. How much do you actually trust yourself? Someone once asked me, "What's the most important thing in a sales scenario?" and I have to say it's trust.
Trust is the number one thing that builds relationships and the number one thing that starts relationships.
November 2010 - Creating Superhuman Results
Today I would like to share with you what it actually takes to create superhuman results. By superhuman results I mean things that go beyond your imagination.
I was recently talking to dear friend of mine, Rob Mason, and he was telling me that he just ran a 100 mile marathon...that's 168km! He did this in 24 hours and 25 minutes.
October 2010 - My Mind Is Playing Tricks On Me
Sometimes when people are confronted with something difficult their mind starts playing tricks on them.
Have you ever been in a situation where you could swear black and blue that you believed something was true but it wasn't?
It's a game that your mind likes to play. The good news is, you can teach it how to un-play that game.
September 2010 - This Overwhelm Is Killing Me (* New Video Newsletter included)
Many people I speak with are affected by overwhelm on a daily basis. However, very few people realize just how simple it is to overcome overwhelm.
Overwhelm is caused by having too much information floating through your mind at the same time.
Simple and effective strategy to overcome overwhelm
August 2010 - I Just Couldn't Be Stuffed (* New Video Newsletter included)
Recently I was working with a lady who had lost her motivation to do any work. She had mentioned that she expected a lot more from herself and thought she should always operate in a peak state of performance. I find this is usually the best time for a reality check.
I mean come on ladies and gentleman you can't always be "on". It is very important to understand...
July 2010 - The Dalai Lama Gets Angry?
One of the most common questions I get asked by people is:
“How can I measure the results I get from personal development?”
The answer to this question was best shown to me as I sat on my couch many years back watching an interview between a local news reporter and the Dalai Lama. During this interview the Dalai Lama was asked...
June 2010 - How To Create Your Personal Success Strategy
Today I would like to cover the most effective way to create your very own personal success strategy. I often find that people struggle through life trying to achieve their dreams and I have to tell you IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS!
Everyone alive has their own unique success strategy that when discovered allows them to achieve unimaginable results with the greatest of EASE. A group of researchers...
May 2010 - The Scientific Equation For Happiness
Ever wondered what the formula for happiness is?
Well your wait is over.
A team of Scientists were commissioned with the task of discovering the happiness formula. After compiling their research they came up with the following equation for happiness:
H = S + C + V
April 2010 - Keeping It Simple
Have you ever noticed that some people like to complicate life?
I think Lao Tzu the famous author of the Tao Te Ching and Father of Taoism summed it all up quite nicely when he said, "There are only three things to learn: simplicity, patience and compassion".
Let's have a quick look at how we can implement these into our life: