Thursday, March 25, 2010

Awaken The Slumber Inside of Us

"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." James 1:22

It is not the power to act that we lack. It is the power to believe in ourselves and the natural abilities that we have given that keep us from acting. It is the fear of rejection and failure that keep us from acting. It is the fear of not only failing, yet the fear of failing in front of those that also never believed in us.

"Don't Start the Revolution without me!" - Jesse Ventura. The Revolution has begun. The time is now to believe. And believing is not enough... you must become your best self now. The revolution to stand up for what you believe in, for what you know to be true, and what you see inside of yourself.

How?

Increase your confidence through knowledge and action. Doing one action builds confidence and belief. Examine the industry you are in, what you desire to acheive. Think Big! What is it that everyone tells you is stupid mereley because they are too small of thinkers? Close your eyes, see yourself becoming! The day of the revolution is today! There is no time to wait for tomorrow. If you wait til tomorrow you are already lost in captivity. You must be a dreamer! A visionary person! You must follow your 'ness' now!

The B Side to The Truth is we are all captive in our mindset of fear, doubt, and worry. We are all captured in this state of unsurety. There will come a day when we must have already choosen and we didn't even realize it. So choose now! John Maxwell said, and I summarize "it is not decisions that we lack, it is the ability to manage those decisions after they have been made." So make the decision to be your best self, to follow your dreams, to live your life, to have a life worth living!

Fear not what awaits you... once you gain the power to believe, it mattereth not what obstacle stands in your way. Through light and courage you will over come the obstacle or you will die trying because you believe!

Colton - discover your true'ness'

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Studying Common Sense??

"God helps them that helps themselves." - Benjamin Franklin quoting Algernon Sidney

As The B Side continually grows, the questions and discussions continually arise. It creates great joy and happiness inside of us at the b side to see the growth of the fan page, to receive emails of gratitude, and to hear from the fans that it truly is creating value in the lives of those that follow The B Side.

There is a true principle though that we must know misery to some extent to know the greatness of joy! It sadens us also at The B Side to hear or see those that are not understanding the point of The B Side. As I personally and regularly am receiving phone calls and text messages about The B Side and questions of discussion, few of you recently have brought up the fact that some people just don't get it. As you B Side supporter's have become inspired by the blogs and podcasts and the facebook posts, you tend to share your thoughts in discussions around you. I encourage all to continue to share truth and principle!

One of our B Side fans text me yesterday and shared with me her discussion of the power of meditation and constantly studying temporal and eternal principles with a guy she had been dating. In return the person she was talking to said "We do not need to study these things... they are common sense." I ask you now, if these things are so common sense then why is over 50% of marriages ending in divorce for the lack of communication, why is over 50% of the population in financial hardship, why in a nation built upon the principle of freedom to choose and we are choosing captivity?

These principles we discuss in my opinion are common sense. Yet we struggle with them as habitual creatures. We are constantly seeking happiness and joy, yet our ability to analyze and choose, quickly takes us off course. We are individuals that seek to know through feeling and experience. It is experencie that gives us patience and hope. Hope for a better life, for joy, for happiness. Yet there is power in consistency, the principle of consistency. In a past post, I shared what B Side fan Blake Fluhart taught us, summarized "Our character is defined on what we do consistently, not every once and a while." So if we are only living these or applying these temporal and eternal principles every once and while, our real character is being created against common sense. Habits are created and then strengthened. If we want common sense to be a regular habit, we must create them, then conditioned them and strengthen them. Often times we think of strength training only in our physical realm. Strength training is an over all human life value development.

The B Side To The Truth today is this. The concept of The B Side is common sense and has always existed. And like anything else it must be conditioned to our life. It must be studied and conditioned regularly into our life. Without the mistake of thinking we will become perferct or better than anyone else, yet that we are on a journey of learning and knowledge and becoming our best selves possible. New York Times best seller Neil Strauss said "Being yourself is not enough, you must become your best self." The truth is daily seeking to become your best self increases your energy, your happiness level, and your magnetism.

Today share this message with all... the more you share the more you condition yourself.

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Colton - discover your true'ness'.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Crabs in a Bucket

"If people around you aren't going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they're dragging you down, get rid of them. Negative people can sap your energy so fast, and they can take your dreams from you, too." - Earvin Johnson

There are two paradigm directions on the continuum of life. One is a positive energy towards your B Side "I Am" and the other is your negative energy towards your A Side "Ego". The law of synergy is a temporal principle that works with negative and positive energy. The more positive energy people you get together it creates a quantum leap of positive energy. Yet the same is true with negative people.

Early on in my real estate career I quickly learned that there are more negative energy people out there then there are positive energy people out there. A great friend of mine, Abe Shreve, related a story to me that helped me really understand this principle. He said to me "you must be careful in this business and in life. Negative energy is like crabs in a bucket. If you get a large bucket full of crabs you can leave them all in there with no lid on the bucket." I asked why is that? He said "as one tries to escape out the top the other's keep grabbing it and pulling it back down. It is the same with people, if you are around negative people they will keep pulling you down."

Analyze your life. Quickly observe who the the crabs are in your bucket and get them out quickly. The Negative A Side paradigm is so subtle most times we can aquire it without even realizing it. If we are around negative energy long enough, it becomes apart of us.

The B Side To The Truth today is to cut out negative people instantly from your life. Jerry Gillies said "It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don't work." The moment you release negative people and negative energy from your life it will be as if you can breath freely and full of exuberant energy. Each one of us have the natural ability to feel energy and know positive energy from negative energy. Some have become so captive in negative energy it is now harder for them to recognize. This negative A Side paradigm direction often times contains people that feel the world owe's them something, or they are the victim, or they have experienced every bad thing possible in this life. The reality is there mindset keeps them captive into viewing the world and the way the view people around them. Applying principles that lead you in the B Side paradigm direction will change how you view the world and you view the people around you. You can know instantly the energy of someone when you meet them. So ask your self "How is this person's energy?"

Colton - discover your true'ness'

Monday, March 22, 2010

Take Action

“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.” - Napoleon Hill

We have something that all other living creature lack. The ability to analyze. Which as a whole is one of the greatest advantages that we have over all other species. It gives us the opportunity to learn and to discover and to make decisions. Yet with this ability becomes our weakness. It keeps us often times from becoming doer's instead of sayer's or listener's.

As I work my way through the trenches of the Real Estate World, quickly I have come to realize that our perception of the market is not always reality. Four years ago when I first entered the real estate as a career I would attend board lunches. Once a month all the Realtors in the area gather together to support some cause in the industry. As I would walk around there were tons of these Realtors. They would be driving Escalades or walking around talking to other fellow agents talking about a deal they had been working on or having to answer there phone and run to the hall way. I thought man, I will never make it as a Realtor... all of these guys are so successful and they have nice things. I'm only 21 and have a freakin 1994 Honda Civic and I live with my parents. Great way to go get some real estate business right?

As I moved along this real estate career I found it was all a figment of my imagination. I quickly learned most agents fail out of the business in the first year. The ones that make it through the first year will more than likely fail out of the business the second year. As I was able to squeak through the first two years I have been able to establish a business that I am making a living as a full time agent. Yet as the years pass by, I noticed agents getting out of the business tha seemed to have it figured out. Or so it seemed. As the market shifted the number of licensees rapidly dwindled. I thought to myself... why is this? Why are these agents that are driving these nice cars and so busy they have to always be answering their phones... why are they out of the business?

The answer is simple. The failure to take action. I learned that my lack of knowledge and the fact that I had nothing was my catapult to allow me to succeed in this business. I had no constant referrals coming in or any at all for that matter... yet I went asking for business. I have not become the top agent by any means, yet I learned that we must be doer's and not waiter's. We can quickly convince ourselves we are taking action when really we are doing nothing at all.

Everyday we are bread new ideas and things that we should apply in our life. Keyword... "should". Yet we as human beings, we continually analyze the situation or convince ourselves on why we can't take action. Why we can't do something different. Why we will be better off doing the same thing we are already doing. If you continue to do the same thing... you will continue to get the same result. If you are ok with being just content with life, then continue to do the same thing. If you desire to have a life worth living... I'm talking a drive that makes everyday seem like a glorious opportunity, then start taking action. Start today doing the thing that you have been putting off.

Here is the b side to the truth... the ability to take action must be cultivated and applied. Change is continuous in this existence. In fact it is the only thing that will ever stay consistent over time. So take action now. Not tomorrow, not after the birthday, not after the vacation or after the holidays. Take action today! Right now! As you do this, your desire to take action will increase. And the results will only enhance your life.

Colton - discover your true'ness'

Monday, March 8, 2010

Believe and You Will Receive

"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." - Matthew 21:22

The ability to increase your magnetism within you comes from cultivating it just like anything else. it takes time and energy... Yet the ROI (return on investment) is endless.

Magnetism is directly connected to one's law of attraction level and the things one attracts into his or her life. The more one strengthens his or her magnetism level towards a positive energy, the more their confidence level increases and their knowledge increases. It will actually increase to such a level that it becomes visible in a sense or felt from those around you. For example... have you ever met someone that just seemed to glow with success and confidence? You can't explain it, yet there is something that just gleams from the person's countenance? It is because they have created either consciously or subconsciously through good habits a system to increase their magnetism.

A step by step process in which one can apply today to cultivate their magnetism.

1. Create space in your schedule to cultivate your magnetism. Early in the morning is best. Your brain is running on Alpha brain waves as opposed to Beta brain waves. Thus connecting to your subconscious mind on a deeper level.

2. Specific Faith: Faith is a principle as true as the law of gravity. It is a law. So be specific in an outline believing you will receive. Without believing, it will be impossible. An affirmation is not enough... it must be connected to you emotionally and with energy. Something that says "what seems to be impossible, is possible."

3.. Create a way to re-visit your specific faith continually. Repetition with emotion creates a focus of energy... as your energy increases your magnetism increases.

4. Share new knowledge with at least 3 positive people the day it is learned. The more you vocalize it, the more you retain it. As your knowledge increases, your confidence increases, thus increasing your magnetism.

5.. Remain calm. Do not allow your brain to remain in a lower brained way of thinking. This impedes your thought process and the flow of thoughts and energy. This may require a phase shift. In other words, it may be best to drop it and focus your energy on something positive for 10 to 15 minutes then return to the issue or obstacle.

6. Rinse and Repeat... continually do this daily over and over and over and over and over again. The more you do this, the more your magnetism will increase. Accept that there is no arrival or destination, yet that you will continually be increasing your knowledge and magnetism.


There are literally thousands of different models and systems in which one may follow. There is always an upcoming vacation or the next Christmas or Thanksgiving or an upcoming birthday. There is only one today and one right now. Today is the day you must apply these principles, every day that goes by, one is only strengthening fear, doubt, and worry into the subconscious mind. It will only limit and capture even more til it will seem even more impossible to gain freedom and happiness. Yet it is 100% possible that you can have a life worth living. Believing is the key.

Colton - discover your true'ness'

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The Dirty Mind

“Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.” Natalie Goldberg

The dirty mind clogs our brain from the ability to enjoy. Daily we are building a trench around us so deep we may never escape. With a quick thought my friend Josh Florence past to me today accelerated recent thoughts I have personally been having. He and I recently participated in full body cleanse to eliminate toxins from our bodies. In his message he text... "What about a mind cleanse??" As he continued he pointed out through his study, the ability to have mental cleanse is the ability to have technological discipline. As part of the mental realm, technological discipline is essential to mental strength, clarity, and having a life worth living.

We have become slaves to the social media network as much as we have been slaves to television media, radio media, and social acceptance. Social acceptance has risen to a level of complete disappointment in such a manner that is literally destroying the world before our eyes and we are so mentally captive that we are blinded to the reality as almost as if we are passing through this existence in the Blockbuster hit "The Matrix". We have eliminated our ability to think and act for ourselves. And those who disagree with this are the ones that are deepest in the pile of shit that has been bestowed upon us. It has created a true mind control over us.

The b side to the truth today is less social media (controlled use) and technological discipline to be included in the mental realm just as: Spiritual, physical and financial discipline are high priority.

In order to disarm the guard that keeps me captive, with in a mastermind group I am dedicating use of technology in such a manner. Absolutely no more than 5 minutes a day on Facebook and Twitter to post a status for the b side fans. I will also spend 10 to 15 minutes to write the b side blog and to post the b side podcast. No text messaging starting on Wed. March 3rd before 11:00 a.m. no matter who the text message comes from.

Taking control of your mind and your spirit are the only things that will enable one to rise to a fuller potential. Recognize yours.

Colton - Discover your true'ness'