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Jeff Yalden Inspires at Florida NAMI Event

October 12, 2017 by Roger Yale

On Thursday, October 5, mental health speaker and Amazon bestselling author Jeff Yalden spoke at the Pasco County, Florida chapter of NAMI – the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Yalden said NAMI is a nonprofit that helps millions of Americans who live with mental illness every single day According to its website, there are nearly 1,000 NAMI state organizations and NAMI affiliates across the country and NAMI is “nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. What started as a small group of families gathered around a kitchen table in 1979 has blossomed into the nation’s leading voice on mental health.” NAMI is likely active in your community – raising awareness about mental illness while “providing support and education that was not previously available to those in need.” Yalden believes that mental illness is quickly becoming the greatest public health crisis of our time. “What was really great is that this was the first time that I got to speak to a NAMI organization,” he said. “I have a reputation of being a teen/youth mental health speaker. I am trying to get more into the adults as well, because if adults don’t start accepting mental illness as an illness, it’s going to be a lot harder to do our work with the youth and beyond. We need to attack this today, to make tomorrow better – to make mental illness less stigmatized in society.” He said the bottom line is that mental health isn’t necessarily just a family issue anymore. It is an economic issue and we are all responsible. “It’s really up to all of us to start getting comfortable being uncomfortable talking about mental health,” he said. Yalden said he had an awesome time, and that he was honored to have had the opportunity to share his heart with them. He spoke to people that, like him, are living with mental illness. He also spoke to community influencers, police officers, hospital workers and folks who work in the mental health field – validating the importance of what they do every day. Before every speaking event, Yalden makes it a point to gather his thoughts, to pray and to center himself so that he can be present and with his audience. Earlier, he contemplated running out and buying some nice clothes for the event, but if he did, he thought that would change who he is. Yalden speaks in casual clothing. That’s who he is. “Sometimes we put too much pressure on ourselves to be who other people want us to be, and when you try too hard to do that, you end up hurting yourself. As a result, I would probably do my audience wrong. The last thing I want to do is to do my audience wrong.” In his presentation, Yalden laid it all out – including the time when his marriage of 17 years ended in divorce and he found himself in front of the mirror. Then and there, he asked himself what he had to do with the split. That question in that moment made a profound impact on him. “That was the most powerful place I think I have ever been in my life. I realized at that moment when I looked in the mirror that my mental illness was greater than I ever expected it to be,” he said. Yalden is diagnosed with major depression, bipolar II disorder and PTSD. His goal in living with mental illness is to be transparent and to live with authenticity and to work on himself every day and live in a way that shows mental illness, when treated – like chemotherapy for cancer – can result in a healthy life. “Folks, as I travel all over the world – 200 days a year – I still see my therapist twice a month. I take my medication. I have come to learn that self-care is not selfish. It’s very important.” Life happens for us – not to us. Yalden laid out three important points for daily living:
  • Self-Value
  • Attitude
  • Choices
“You have to be your own best advocate,” he said. “You have to fight for the services you need. It’s time to be serious.” He went on to talk about anger – and the cognitive distortions associated with it. In an article about anger, The American Psychological Association cited an example of these cognitive distortions as “misappraisals about the importance of the event or about the capacity to cope.” “I think everybody in this room has somewhat of a problem with anger,” he said. When trying to understand where someone else is coming from. Yalden said that he has come to learn that the more you are willing to just be present and listen, the more the other person is willing to share. Jeff asked the audience to ask themselves these three questions:
  • Is my life meaningful?
  • Is my life fulfilling?
  • Is my life rewarding?
He talked about God and mental health – by all accounts a tough subject to tackle. “Let me be careful how I say this. I am a man of God, but when a child or an adult is dealing with mental illness, I don’t think God is the answer – yet.” Yalden always wants to make sure that his audiences receive the full intent of the messages he wishes to convey, and that he is putting it out there as clearly as possible. “Please hear me.  If you have cancer, God can be in your life – but you are also probably going to get chemo, right? If you have mental illness, you need a mental health professional first – and then God can be a part of that too. Did I make sense?” Yalden closed with four simple letters: T-I-M-E. “Let’s continue to do our job every day,” he said. NAMI member Richard Michaels said that Yalden’s talk was very informative. “He really has an interesting life story, and you will really learn a lot from him when you listen to him. And listen to the little things that he talks about – the little things that we take for granted, but mean so much in our lives,” he said. Yalden couldn’t be happier about the event, which was well-attended. “Down here in Florida, we are talking mental health and making great strides. Thank you NAMI Pasco County.” For more information about Jeff, click HERE. Jeff’s speaking calendar fills up fast. To book him now for your event, organization or school, call 800-948-9289.

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Drilling Down on The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp: Day 28

October 6, 2017 by Roger Yale

Right here on this blog, youth motivational speaker and Amazon bestselling author Jeff Yalden has been laying out the daily principles from his new workbook and planner, The BOOM 28 Day Boot Camp: Creating a Life of Success. Find Motivation. Crush Goals. Overcome Obstacles. Live with Purpose.
  If you have been thinking about getting serious with BOOM Boot Camp, there is no time like the present. Start HERE. If you have been putting in consistent work on the 27 previous days, congratulations! You are well on your way to creating your life of success – and you are ready to go to work on the final step – Day 28”

Discipline Your Time

“If it’s important to you, you will make the time,” Yalden said. “That’s the bottom line.” Don’t even think about saying that you are going to wait until Monday or that you are going to start on January first. It doesn’t work that way, according to Yalden. “If you say those things, you’re not really committed.” If you are not committed, go back to Day One. If it’s important, you will make the time. It it’s important, you will make this a priority. Discipline yourself to make time to focus on you. “Every single day, I want you to create your to-do list. Every single morning, you look at your to-do list. At night, take another look at your to-do list. Cross out what you’ve completed and rewrite it, or wait until morning and rewrite things then, whatever you do. What is not completed, you move to the next day.” It’s not complicated. Everything that is not completed gets moved over to a new sheet of paper. If you want to go paperless, Yalden recommends the Evernote app. “I love Evernote. Download. Use it. Create notebooks and make all your notes there,” he said. “You just simply, ‘Yep, I did this – delete. What’s next,’ – and just keep a to-do list continually going.” Yalden can’t make the point strong enough when he says that if something is important to you, then you are going to make it a habit. “Listen, folks: Nothing changes if nothing changes. I want you to choose right now to make changes in your life. I gave you 28 Days for you to refocus, reengage and to make a plan. Let’s not complicate it. From the very beginning, I said to concentrate on just one thing.” If you spread yourself too thin with vague goals and halfhearted attempts at productivity, Yalden said you will come to the end of the year and realize you didn’t do anything. In one month – 28 Days – I challenged you to pick one thing. Use the 28 Days to focus on that task and complete that task. At the end of the 28 Days, you can go back and pick another thing. Just use the same method that I gave you from Day One to Day 28. Discipline Your Time with a set wake-up time and a set bedtime. “Discipline the time when you take a lunch break, and even what you do during your lunch break. We discipline time for things like our kids, our significant others and work – but when we have free time, we don’t ever really discipline that time.” Yalden wants you to discipline your free time to get the things done that you have to get done. “When you have ‘me time,’ discipline it. Make it prioritized and focus on your tasks,” he said, adding self-care is not selfish. On this final day of the BOOM Boot Camp, remember these points:
  • Get your sleep.
  • Work on your nutrition
  • Exercise
  • Be present. Be engaged.
“Put down your phone and get more involved,” he said. “The less time you are on your social media, you will come to realize that this consumes a lot of your time. So, discipline that time. If social media is important, then discipline certain parts certain parts of the day for that. But when you have other free time, discipline what’s important at that time.” That’s a wrap: 28 Days to Create a Life of Success. “I am honored you stayed with me,” said Yalden. “Next, I’m doing 28 Days of Gratitude. What are you grateful for, my friends?” Find out why Jeff Yalden is North America’s Number One Youth Motivational Speaker. Go HERE. Jeff’s speaking calendar fills up fast. To book him now for your event, organization or school now, call 800-948-9289. SUBSCRIBE to The BOOM Podcast. GRAB your copy of The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp Workbook. ORDER Jeff’s Amazon Bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day. JOIN the BOOM Nation Facebook Group and share your BOOM moments with us!

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Drilling Down on The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp: Day 27

October 5, 2017 by Roger Yale

Youth motivational speaker and suicide prevention expert Jeff Yalden has spent much of his career helping people deal with loss. It never gets any easier, and he said he woke up this morning at a loss for words once again – learning more about the victims of Sunday’s horrific massacre in Las Vegas.
  “Deep prayers, thoughts and my condolences to everybody involved,” he said, adding that his love goes out to all first responders and to our lawmakers – trusting that the right people are doing the best job that they can.” The question for Jeff is how to prevent this from ever happening again. “My friends, it’s going to happen. I don’t want to be insensitive about this, but we can’t stop living our lives. We have to focus on the good we can do. We need to keep living. There will be copycats. The news sensationalizes it and gives others permission to be famous for their five minutes.” Now more than ever, we can make a huge difference by being kind and encouraging, supportive, accepting and forgiving. “Diversity is like a quilt; one giant, big blanket made up of many colors, shapes, sizes and fabrics – all woven together to provide warmth and comfort to you and me. Diversity is a great thing,” he said.

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Yalden has been laying out the daily BOOM principles from his new workbook and planner, The BOOM 28 Day Boot Camp: Creating a Life of Success. Find Motivation. Crush Goals. Overcome Obstacles. Live with Purpose. We hope you have been doing the work every day. “Have you gone back and really done these exercises? If you have done the exercises – you should be feeling pretty good right about now,” he said. Here’s your action step for Day 27:

SLEEP, EAT, EXERCISE…REPEAT

Healthy sleep, proper nutrition, and 30 minutes of exercise every day! Make self-care a habit. “Self-care is something that many people think is selfish [because] you are putting yourself before others. It’s not selfish. It’s necessary. It’s completely necessary for all of us – for our families, for work, for our peers and our friends. Self-care is necessary for you and me to stay healthy every single day, to serve in the capacities in which we serve.” Yalden said it’s very important for young people to get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep per night -and the average adult needs between seven and eight hours. “Turn off your phone and your electronics. Turn off the television and the lights and go to bed. Get your uninterrupted sleep. BOOM! Wake up. Wash your face, brush your teeth, do your dance – and go out and be awesome.” If you can sneak in a nap during the day for 30 minutes or an hour, go for it. That’s a good thing. Close your eyes. Meditate. Breathe – and just allow yourself to get deep. Get proper nutrition. This isn’t rocket science. “They say that we consume 200-300 grams more of sugar a day more than the average person should be consuming, he said. “First thing in the morning, get your water. Water. Water. Water. Eight or 16 ounces. Re-hydrate yourself as much as you can from the night before.” Consume more protein and less carbs. Protein builds and repairs muscles. Look at the carbs you are eating. There are good carbs [whole grains, vegetables, fruits, beans] and bad carbs [white bread, white rice]. “Try and get your good carbs in early in the day. An apple a day is great, but again there are sugars in there. But an apple is better than Captain Crunch cereal and a banana is better than Pop-Tarts, so make good choices. Nutrition. Nutrition. Nutrition.” Get rid of sodas [even diet sodas] and fruit drinks and just go to water or maybe Crystal Light. “There is a chemical in diet sodas that makes you crave more food,” Yalden said. Get out there and exercise. “I know some of you don’t like to sweat, and some of you don’t exercise. Get out there and get some walking in. Get the body moving. Mobility. Flexibility. Get your heart rate up. When you exercise more than 30 minutes a day, your endorphins start kicking and you feel good. Go out there, and you are ready to own the day.” You are almost there. Tomorrow marks the final installment of this BOOM Boot Camp. Day 28. See you then. Find out why Jeff Yalden is North America’s Number One Youth Motivational Speaker. Go HERE. Jeff’s speaking calendar fills up fast. To book him now for your event, organization or school now, call 800-948-9289. SUBSCRIBE to The BOOM Podcast. GRAB your copy of The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp Workbook. ORDER Jeff’s Amazon Bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day. JOIN the BOOM Nation Facebook Group and share your BOOM moments with us!

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Drilling Down on The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp: Day 26

October 4, 2017 by Roger Yale

Youth motivational speaker and Amazon bestselling author Jeff Yalden did the following Facebook Live video the day after the horrendous massacre in Las Vegas.
  “I am at a loss for words over this,” he said. “God bless America. God bless all my friends in Vegas. My prayers and thoughts and condolences to all of the people that are suffering – the families that are hurt – and God bless all the first responders that were there last night and continue to be there now.” He had been flying all day: Myrtle Beach to Charlotte to Chicago and finally, Salt Lake City – taking in the news of the tragedy from local newspapers. He noticed something in the news – a question about whether public events are safe to attend anymore. “Ladies and gentlemen – we can’t stop living. we can’t let these people affect our lives every single day, so that we are just very cautious about [everything] we do. We have to go about our days – go about our lives, living the best lives we can. But we need to go out being part of the solution; not the problem. We need to go out and be more kind, helpful, selfless – and more serving,” he said. Yalden has been laying out the daily principles from his new workbook, The BOOM 28 Day Boot Camp: Creating a Life of Success. Find Motivation. Crush Goals. Overcome Obstacles. Live with Purpose. If you have been taking action on The BOOM Boot Camp and putting in the work every day, you are now ready to deploy Day 26:

CREATE AFFIRMATIONS

According to www.mindtools.com, affirmations are positive, specific statements that help you to overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts. They help you visualize, and believe in, what you’re affirming to yourself, helping you to make positive changes. “You can’t be this person that is giving of yourself if you don’t feel good about who you are as a person,” he said. “Many of us have these doubts that plague us every single day: We think we’re not smart enough, pretty enough, strong enough – fast enough. We think don’t have the ability.” Do a Google search for Positive Affirmations and write down the ones that resonate with you. Write down as few or as many as you want. “What I challenge you to do is this: Every morning when you are taking that time for yourself [remember, we talked about setting up a time every day for you]. As you are meditating and breathing – in your zone – you are like, “I am smart. I am strong. I am capable. I deserve good things to come my way. Losing weight is easy. I deserve a job promotion.’ And you just repeat it. Keep repeating it until you believe it.” When you repeat an affirmation, Yalden said that you are building your confidence. “You are communicating with yourself in a positive way that is going to overcome or eliminate those self-sabotaging self-doubts – those beliefs where you sell yourself short – where you ‘can’t so this’ or you ‘can’t do that’ or you ‘are not capable.’ Let’s replace all of that with positive affirmations every single day when you look in the mirror.” It’s that simple. Create affirmations. Find out why Jeff Yalden is North America’s Number One Youth Motivational Speaker. Go HERE. Jeff’s speaking calendar fills up fast. To book him now for your event, organization or school now, call 800-948-9289. SUBSCRIBE to The BOOM Podcast. GRAB your copy of The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp Workbook. ORDER Jeff’s Amazon Bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day. JOIN the BOOM Nation Facebook Group and share your BOOM moments with us!

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Drilling Down on The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp: Day 25

October 3, 2017 by Roger Yale

In Episode 40 of The BOOM Podcast, youth motivational speaker and author Jeff Yalden said that we all have a story that we keep to ourselves. Our family and close friends have stories too, and we might only know parts of their stories – often the parts they want us to know.
  “Within our stories, there are people that have trespassed against us, and maybe we haven’t learned to forgive them yet,” said Yalden. “I think there are also people that we have hurt – and maybe we have lost many of our relationships as a result of that, and yet we haven’t forgiven ourselves either.” In this blog, Yalden has been laying out the principles from his new workbook, The BOOM 28 Day Boot Camp: Creating a Life of Success. Find Motivation. Crush Goals. Overcome Obstacles. Live with Purpose. If you have been putting in consistent work on these BOOM action steps, you are now ready for Day 25:

Choose Forgiveness

According to Yalden. forgiveness is not about forgetting what may have taken place. “We don’t forgive people for them. When we forgive people, we choose to forgive people for ourselves,” he said. Coming from his experience with mental health, Yalden said that one of the greatest things we need to learn with anybody that may have done us wrong is that it doesn’t matter if they think they wronged us or not. “What does matter is that we forgive so that in our heart, we move forward. Remember that none of us are perfect. We have all hurt other people. Yalden suffers from bipolar II disorder, and something he learned a long time ago was that he might react badly to a situation in the moment, and then regret sets in. Reacting badly in an interpersonal situation might include hurtful language. “In those moments, we don’t care – and then in 24 hours, we hate ourselves for treating someone like that, and the pain just lingers,” he said. Yalden said that the two things we can’t take back are time and words. “If you have hurt someone, I want to challenge you to reach out to those people – and I want you to apologize and ask for their forgiveness.” Make sure you understand that a person will either forgive you or they won’t. Sometimes they won’t even acknowledge you. Be prepared for either outcome. “You are reaching out to them and you are apologizing. If they choose to accept your apology, that’s great. If they choose not to accept your apology – that is their prerogative. But at this point, it’s not about you anymore. That’s about them, and you need to walk away and move forward in your life,” Yalden said. Who do you need to forgive? What did they do? Why do you need to forgive them – and if you are able to forgive them, how is that going to make you now feel? “We need to learn to live [in our heads] rent-free. So many of us are so congested with this or that – congested with family issues, work issues – with our professional and personal lives. I understand, but I think one thing: Whether it’s our fault or it’s not our fault, we are responsible” Yalden realizes that there are certain things when we might not have been at fault, but we are still responsible for how we handle things – how we react. “We can choose to be angry and bitter. What does that do? Or we can choose to become better. Obviously, that’s the better choice. If you choose to be a victim, what does that do? We are not victims. We are victors. We rise up through everything, so no matter what we go through in life – bad or good – we have something to do with it, and we have the responsibility to respond appropriately.” Choose forgiveness. “Remember: It’s not for them. You are forgiving people for yourself.” Find out why Jeff Yalden is North America’s Number One Youth Motivational Speaker. Go HERE. Jeff’s speaking calendar fills up fast. To book him now for your event, organization or school now, call 800-948-9289. LISTEN to this episode of The BOOM Podcast. SUBSCRIBE to The BOOM Podcast. GRAB your copy of The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp Workbook. ORDER Jeff’s Amazon Bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day. JOIN the BOOM Nation Facebook Group and share your BOOM moments with us!

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Drilling Down on the BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp: Day 24

October 1, 2017 by Roger Yale

Youth motivational speaker and author Jeff Yalden said that sometimes we get so caught up in your days and what we need to get done that we never stop to think about we appreciate every day. Sometimes we take the little things for granted.
  In Episode 38 of The BOOM Podcast, Yalden continues to lay out the daily principles from his new workbook, The BOOM 28 Day Boot Camp: Creating a Life of Success. Find Motivation. Crush Goals. Overcome Obstacles. Live with Purpose. This workbook and planner is the perfect companion to Yalden’s Amazon bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day. If you have been taking action daily on the action steps in the BOOM Boot Camp, you already know that these principals can change your life because you have been putting in the work. If you have not yet started the BOOM Boot Camp, stop reading this post and go HERE. For those of you who are ready – here’s Day 24:

Create an Attitude of Gratitude

One way to ensure that you develop an Attitude of Gratitude is to start and keep a gratitude journal, or a journal of appreciation. As soon as you wake up each morning, write down the five things that you are most grateful for that day. “The challenge is that no day can ever be a repeat of the day before,” said Yalden. When he recorded this podcast episode, Yalden was in Charlotte, North Carolina, preparing for four speaking engagements over the course of two days. He has his video team with him. “One of the things that I am really grateful for is the fact that my video guys had the time to come and help me, and that I am in a position where I can start to bring a team together,” he said. “I am grateful for that, so that’s number one.” Gratitude point number two was the fact that he was speaking in the state of North Carolina. Although he lives in the in the Myrtle Beach area, he doesn’t speak in the South very often. Thirdly, Yalden was grateful that he gave himself plenty of time to prepare for these speaking engagements. “I was able to get up and rest and relax and get some things done. I am at the school early, I am prepared and I have got plenty of time to do my routine.” Point number four was an appreciation for the time of year. In September, it was still nice and warm, but Yalden said there was a little bit of coolness in the air, and the weather was absolutely beautiful. After undergoing weight loss surgery [he is down 85 pounds] and working out regularly, Yalden is feeling good. He has experienced a very definite upswing in his overall health as well as his energy levels. That was point number five in his gratitude journal for that day. “Sometimes part of your morning routine should be about reflection and what you are appreciative of,” he said. “Start your day every single day with five things that you are grateful for, and don’t let any one day be a repeat of the day before. I promise: If you do that for two weeks, you are going to start appreciating little things in life.” He cited author Rhonda Byrne in her mega-bestseller, The Secret, who suggested trying to say “thank you” at least 25 times a day for the little things. “If someone lets you walk past them as they open the door, say ‘thank you.’ If someone stops and lets you drive by, you wave and say, ‘thank you.’ Anybody that you come in contact with that does something for you – stop for a second, pay attention to that – and just say, ‘thank you.’” Create an Attitude of Gratitude. Find out why Jeff Yalden is North America’s Number One Youth Motivational Speaker. Go HERE. Jeff’s speaking calendar fills up fast. To book him now for your event, organization or school now, call 800-948-9289. LISTEN to this episode of The BOOM Podcast. SUBSCRIBE to The BOOM Podcast. GRAB your copy of The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp Workbook. ORDER Jeff’s Amazon Bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day. JOIN the BOOM Nation Facebook Group and share your BOOM moments with us!

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Drilling Down on The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp: Day 23

October 1, 2017 by Roger Yale

We hope you have been doing more than simply following along as youth motivational speaker and Amazon bestselling author Jeff Yalden has been laying out the daily steps from his new workbook, The BOOM 28 Day Boot Camp: Creating a Life of Success. Find Motivation. Crush Goals. Overcome Obstacles. Live with Purpose.
  Yalden can deliver these messages until he is blue in the face, but only you can put in the work necessary to bring about the changes you want to make in your life. On days 18, 19 and 21 – Yalden talked about looking in the mirror and taking personal responsibility for your life, being accountable, making adjustments and the importance of  regular self-assessment. The action step for today, Day 23, can also be done in the mirror:

Ask Better Questions

“Years ago, when I went through a divorce, I found myself one day looking in the mirror,” Yalden said. “When I looked in the mirror, I said, ‘What did I have to do with this?’” He said it would have been easy to blame is ex, or on family, money or many other things – and sometimes we all do that. But instead, Yalden had a heart-to-heart right there in the mirror, and he asked himself what he had to do with the marriage not going right. Since then, Yalden said that whenever something is not right in certain situations or circumstances, he has continued to go to the mirror to ask what he had to do with these things. “Whether it’s good or bad, whether you are successful or have failed at something – you have something to do with that,” he said. He said you might not be the reason this happened, but you have responsibility for how you move forward. You are responsible for your emotions, your attitude and your choices. “Are you going to be bitter and angry through this, or are you going to choose to become better? Are you a victim of situations and circumstances, or are you a victor?” Learn to ask better questions. Change the quality of the questions you ask from “why me” to “how can I.” “Here’s something even better: How can I be more present and engaged in my day?” Yalden believes [and so should you] that everything that we go through in life molds us into the person of character that we are meant to be. Character. Significance. Influence. Success. “If you are a person that claims to be the victim, I think you need to spend more time in front of the mirror and taking responsibility.” If you are bitter and angry in situations, Yalden said there are two causes for this:
  1. You haven’t learned to accept responsibility for the things you need to take responsibility for.
  2. You haven’t allowed yourself to be free and forgive both others and yourself.
How can you be more accepting? How can you be more forgiving? “Forgiving people is not about them,” he said. “It’s about doing what’s right in your heart, and maybe forgiving people for yourself is what you need.” Ask better questions. Find out why Jeff Yalden is North America’s Number One Youth Motivational Speaker. Go HERE. Jeff’s speaking calendar fills up fast. To book him now for your event, organization or school now, call 800-948-9289. LISTEN to this episode of The BOOM Podcast. SUBSCRIBE to The BOOM Podcast. GRAB your copy of The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp Workbook. ORDER Jeff’s Amazon Bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day. JOIN the BOOM Nation Facebook Group and share your BOOM moments with us!

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Drilling Down on The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp: Day 22

September 29, 2017 by Roger Yale

“If you play with dogs, you have fun. If you swim with sharks, you get eaten,” said youth motivational speaker in his Amazon bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day.
  Yalden laid out the principles from BOOM into daily action steps in his brand-new workbook and planner, The BOOM 28 Day Boot Camp: Creating a Life of Success. Find Motivation. Crush Goals. Overcome Obstacles. Live with Purpose. The BOOM principles will change your life, and Yalden has been drilling down on each of the daily tasks for this blog. But remember: Only you can do the work necessary to create your life of success. We hope you have been taking action every day. If you have been putting in the work, you are now ready for Day 22:

Identify Your Close Circle

Don’t forget: You are your associates. Yalden said that personal development guru, Jim Rohn, used to say that we are the average of the five people we hang out with the most. “If your tribe is full of complainers and naysayers, then it stands to reason that this negativity will ultimately rub off on you, robbing you of your effectiveness and taking you out of purpose,” Yalden said. We have all seen old married couples who seem to have morphed into the same person, telling the same stories and taking on the personality traits of the other. “Have you noticed that dogs sometimes take on the same temperament as their owners? I have, and I am sure you have too.” Be careful whom you choose to spend time with. “If your circle of friends brings you down, it’s time to make a change. If that change means changing your circle of friends, then change your circle of friends. Spend time with those who encourage and inspire you, and you will immediately notice the positive upswing in your daily life. Keep people close who are willing to tell you the naked truth and push you toward your goals. These people are your BOOM team of supporters.” Part of your self-esteem and fulfillment comes from being of value to others, so remember – it’s not just about what people can do for you, but also what you can do for others. Develop this close circle of like-minded comrades. “If you occasionally want to venture out for a night on the town with old pals from school who aren’t part of your close circle, no problem – but be sure you know when to buckle down. Do not get sucked into constant time-wasting activities with people you are friendly with, but whom you know will only hold you back.” Keep in touch with loved ones but don’t become a guest at anybody’s pity party. Connect often with people that are most important to you, and don’t forget to be of service to others. Sometimes we need to close our circle. We need to take out some of the negative energy – and leave in the people that are supportive and encouraging – the people that have our backs. Identify your circle of friends. “If I were to give you a dollar, would you rather have four quarters or 100 pennies? You probably said you would rather four quarters. Why? Less is more, my friends,” Yalden said. Sometimes if we have too much, we get overwhelmed. We get sidetracked. No drama. Identify your close circle. Find out why Jeff Yalden is North America’s Number One Youth Motivational Speaker. Go HERE. Jeff’s speaking calendar fills up fast. To book him now for your event, organization or school now, call 800-948-9289. SUBSCRIBE to The BOOM Podcast. GRAB your copy of The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp Workbook. ORDER Jeff’s Amazon Bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day.

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Drilling Down on The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp: Day 21

September 29, 2017 by Roger Yale

  In episode 35 of The BOOM Podcast, youth motivational speaker and author Jeff Yalden wrapped up Week Three of the daily action steps from his brand-new workbook and planner, The BOOM 28 Day Boot Camp: Creating a Life of Success. Find Motivation. Crush Goals. Overcome Obstacles. Live with Purpose. The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp is the perfect companion to Yalden’s Amazon bestselling book, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day. The BOOM principles will change your life, but only if you put them to work for you and stay consistent. If you have been doing the work, you are now ready to deploy Day 21:

SELF-ASSESSMENT TIME

 You need to improve every day from the inside out. You must embrace growing and should be able to evaluate yourself daily. Let’s start being really honest. “I want you to look in the mirror and take an assessment of yourself,” Yalden said. “I don’t want you to look at how you look. You’re beautiful. You know that. I know that – but I want you to look in the mirror and I want you to look at who you are.” Yalden said that when you look at who you are, then how you look takes care of itself. “When you look in the mirror, I want you to ask better questions. I want you to seek to improve every single day. I want you to learn to love yourself – and that’s a process in itself – but I want you to work from the inside out.” He said to stop worrying so much about what you’re wearing, how you look – if your clothes match or if your hair is OK. “Start looking at who you are as a person. Embrace the growth – the integrity – the character – the kindness – the authenticity. Embrace the person that you are deep inside. When you work on this, everything else will take care of itself. Admitting and accepting that you have flaws in part of the process, according to Yalden. “None of us are perfect. We all have flaws, but the person I respect the most is the one that’s working every day to improve – working every day to be a better person.” When looking in the mirror, Yalden said to come to an agreement about what you want to improve. If you work on one thing a month, that’s life-changing – that’s the BOOM! “Let’s not make it a huge list. If you work on one thing a month, that’s it – let’s say you want to work on being more positive. Write that down or set up a daily reminder in your phone. Ask yourself what you can do to be more positive. Maybe when you walk into that office this morning, you’re like, ‘Good morning – how is everybody doing? Nice to see you. Let’s have a good day.’” Improve from the inside out – every day. Find out why Jeff Yalden is North America’s Number One Youth Motivational Speaker. Go HERE. Jeff’s speaking calendar fills up fast. To book him now for your event, organization or school now, call 800-948-9289. LISTEN to this episode of The BOOM Podcast. SUBSCRIBE to The BOOM Podcast. GRAB your copy of The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp Workbook. ORDER Jeff’s Amazon Bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day. JOIN the BOOM Nation Facebook Group and share your BOOM moments with us!

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Drilling Down on The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp: Day 20

September 28, 2017 by Roger Yale

  When youth motivational speaker and Amazon bestselling author Jeff Yalden speaks to his audiences, he often talks about coming through the door, checking your ego and opening your heart as you walk out into the world. And if you have people in your life that your life that you trust, respect and whose opinions you value – go to them. “I do not think that our success in life is ever accomplished alone, and the less we’re willing to ask for help from other people, our potential drops,” he said. “open your heart to those people.” If you have been taking action on the daily principles Yalden has been laying out in The BOOM 28 Day Boot Camp: Creating a Life of Success. Find Motivation. Crush Goals. Overcome Obstacles. Live with Purpose, then you are ready to engage on Day 20:

Be Coachable and Embrace Learning

Every day is a chance to learn something new. There is something new to learn in every situation. Success is in the lessons that happen around you. “I want you to adopt a growth mindset. Begin every single day with the desire to learn,” he said. Every single day that you want to learn – every single day – so I have got a couple of things. What does your environment look like? Is this an environment to grow? Is this an environment that is supportive for your learning and embracing the growth mindset? “I want you to start thinking about being a front-row player. A front-row player to me is someone that is always looking to be in the best proximity to where they can grow as a person – whether that be professionally or personally.” In this episode of The BOOM Podcast, Jeff used the example of students. “You either come into the classroom or you sit in the front row – or you go right to the back row. Remember: Most people always go to the back row. I want you to be a front-row player in the game of life. I want you to seek the front row,” he said. Creating a growth mindset, according to Yalden, is like the old real estate phrase, Location, Location, Location. “If you listen to this podcast or watch my videos and Facebook Live, there is like a one-on-one relationship. Maybe you feel as if I am talking directly to you. You are not just listening and being part of the audience. You are like, ‘I’m tuning in because I want to learn something.’ Be a front-row player at work. Be a front-row player at home. Be a front-row player when you are going to listen to a band. Be a front-row player when you are at your kid’s games. Proximity. Proximity. Proximity. How close you are to the situation, whether that be relationships or embracing learning.” Are you accepting constructive criticism? “If you are worried about being offended and if you want people to sugarcoat things, then then you are not really serious. If people are going to be constructive, take the constructive criticism and run with it. And if you need to filter it – like they put a curse word in it or something – take the curse word out yourself – and listen to what was just said.” Yalden said that when people get real with you, realize that their intentions are not to hurt you. Their intentions are to help you. Be Coachable. Embrace Leaning. Have a growth mindset. Know that your environment is important. Be a front-row player in the game of life. Find out why Jeff Yalden is North America’s Number One Youth Motivational Speaker. Go HERE. Jeff’s speaking calendar fills up fast. To book him now for your event, organization or school now, call 800-948-9289. LISTEN to this episode of The BOOM Podcast. SUBSCRIBE to The BOOM Podcast. GRAB your copy of The BOOM 28-Day Boot Camp Workbook. ORDER Jeff’s Amazon Bestseller, BOOM! One Word to Inspire Action, Deliver Rewards, and Positively Affect Your Life Every Day. JOIN the BOOM Nation Facebook Group and share your BOOM moments with us!

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