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About Abe Stone

I’m the creator of and a coach at Mindlife Works. I'm also the curator here at Coaching Really Works. I'm the lucky father of four amazing children who I'm blessed to parent with their wonderful mother, my ex-wife. I am enthusiastic about life and love people. I'd love to get to know you!

How To Be Free From The Weakening Effects Of Stress Now

Stress get’s a lot of blame for a crazy number of illnesses leading to death. Sounds impossible to think that what we believe about the effects of stress, could be listed as the 15th leading cause of death in America. *

That means that what people think about the effects of stress is possibly killing more people than skin cancer, HIV, and homicide. *

In this Video:

00:20 – Fill in the blank “This stress is _____ me.”
00:28 – Would Divorce Do this to You?
01:28 – Tony Robbins’ new book
02:03 – Dr. Kelly McGonigal’s Confession
02:35 – If You Exercise You’ll Get This
03:04 – Live Longer With This Mental Switch
03:36 – Change Your Story From a Life of 50 years to 90
04:16 – Quote from Stephen Covey
04:34 – Affirmation to Help Convert Stress
04:45 – P.S. 2 Types of People on Rollercoasters

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7 Keys To Rekindle Your Passion To Reach For Your Goals In Life

Are you sticking with what you know and staying away from committing to goals that are too, WOW? But wait a minute, then there were those huge goals you did set but just flaked out on in the end.

I’m no fool I know there are hurdles to achieving anything that is really gonna be worth your bottom dollar. So what are some of them? Know the challenges is a great way to being able to handle them with skill.

In this Video:

00:20 – A Hobby of Mine
00:55 – An Analogy For Setting Goals and Working Toward Them
01:48 – Should Goals Be Overwhelming?
02:00 – A Secret Many People Miss
02:36 – Why Some People Quit Before They Start
03:00 – Instead of Figuring Everything Out Try This
04:15 – When You Just Can’t Clearly See What to Do
05:10 – What if You Have to Stop Sometimes
06:10 – Going Solo or Getting Help
07:02 – Quote from John Maxwell
07:26 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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4 Keys To Start Celebrating Real Personal Goal Wins Today

You know you’ll make it. You think, “It will be amazing once I get my weight down to 185 lb.” or, “When we get reach $500,000 in revenue we’ll be successful.” or, “Once I can come home at 5:00 to spend time my family I will be happy.”

It’s likely it won’t be amazing, you won’t feel successful, and you won’t be happy. I think you know why.

In this Video:

0:23 – What Achievers Consider Important
0:44 – The Pitfall of Being Goal Driven
01:23 – The Small Fix For the Big Picture
01:42 – Yep, Pull Out a Bottle of Wine
02:02 – Could These Four Keys Bring Fulfillment Today?
03:19 – This One Makes All the Difference
04:30 – Words from Oprah Winfrey and Tom Peters
04:40 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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How to Overcome Obstacles Using Reframing Practically

Can your hear it now? “This cup half-full, half-empty bull manure doesn’t help, when I have a real problem. Positive thinking doesn’t help to overcome obstacles that are real.”

I think I’d have to agree with you, that you can’t leave it to positive thinking. Action is needed and thinking about a problem with positive reframing may hold the answers to your questions and the solutions to your problems. The mind is powerful when you learn to be in charge.

In this Video:

00:10 – A Question From One of You
01:53 – Three Areas You May Want to Try Reframing In
03:03 – Three Principles at Play When Reframing
05:07 – A Practical Positive Reframing Tool You Can Use to Solve Problems Today
06:34 – Quote from Wade Boggs
06:50 – Affirmation to Rewire Your Thinking

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What Moves You To Give a Hoot?

Have you been told, “You have to give”? The religion I grew up with was very emphatic about it. You’ve probably heard it has to be a certain percentage of your income and that, if you don’t give, God will not bless you.

Sometimes those asking for your money or your time are not deserving of it. And there are those that definitely take unfair advantage of this, but at the same time you will find that the need to give or contribute in some way to others is a need you have deep inside. Discover what moves you to give and give from your heart.

In this Video:

00:45 – Why Does Giving Matter?
01:12 – What Do You Measure Against?
02:41 – What Human Need Phycology Has to Say
03:00 – Quote from Robert Brault
03: 10- Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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Relationship Advice You Probably Think You Don’t Want Now

How did you feel when you got dumped? It’s a strange experience and the mess it makes in our brain chemistry is no joke. Though we may not like it and there is definitely no way to reliably prevent it, we may be able to smoothly ride out something as tragic as a divorce.

Some call it the golden rule but in the end it simply comes down to really caring about and loving that person enough to handle the situation with the respect we crave.

In this Video:

00:10 – My first talk of relationships
01:37 – This Shows That You Really Care About Them
02:05 – Did You Get This Backwards?
02:34 – Of Wings and Roots
02:46 – Space to Love

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How to Reevaluate Your Plan To Reach Your Goals and Dreams

The worst thing is nearing your deadline and then throwing in the towel because you didn’t meet it. A lot of us do that when we reach the end of the and evaluate where we’re at on your plans for the year.

Why wait till the end of the year, when you don’t really have enough time to do anything about it? Take some time now to see where things stand and up your game before the end of the year. Check out how I’m doing this.

In this Video:

00:45 – Just This Might Make the Difference in Reaching Your Goals
01:27 – 5 Tips To Set You Up for Success
02:52 – Hot Tip: Use Reminders
03:54 – My Personal Plan For Accountability and Change This Year!
04:42 – Quote from Larry Elder
04:57 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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3 Surprisingly Simple Steps To Start Building Better Habits Today

Setting up a personal budget and then completely ignoring the rest of the month has been a bad habit of mine. It has resulted in some avoidable financial tightness.

I came across an effective tool just in time to turn this bad habit around this month. It’s been a few weeks now and I’m doing pretty good with a new habit of tracking my expenses daily.

In this Video:

00:30 – Resource from Coaching Tools
01:16 – Three Phase Process For Choosing Habits
01:46 – Does it Make You Cry?
02:10 – Brainstorm Phase
02:33 – Commit Incrementally
04:06 – Quote from Charles Reade
04:23 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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