Hooman's Story

Who Is In Your Entourage?

What kind of people do you hang out with? Are they the movers and shakers of the world? Are they the go getters always striving for growth in their lives? Or are they people who just sit around and try to bring you down to their pathetic levels? Who you roll with is going to make a huge difference in your life. Trust me on this one. I grew up hanging out with the so called “cool kids” in high school. These people inspired me to do great things like almost drop out of school in the tenth grade. They helped me find my way into trouble. The funny thing is that I can’t blame them, I can only blame myself. I had a choice to make. I chose to hang out with them and as a result I almost paid dearly. It was only when I decided that I had to make a change of friends that I started making my life easier. You are the company that you keep. If you hang out with losers, you will always be a loser. If you hang out with people that have accomplished more than you it will only inspire you to accomplish more in your life. It was really difficult for me to cut ties with my old friends. I heard the people who I used to hang out with talk bad about me because they would say things like, “He thinks he is too good for us.” They were right, I was too good for them. I had become a better person, I had to. I became a father at the age of 22. The fact that I had someone who relied on me made me a much better person. If they were really my friends they would have understood.

Michael Vick Syndrome

Do you think Michael Vick would have been in jail serving a sentence for dog fighting if his entourage was full of educated and motivated people instead of his friends that were using him to make their lives better? His entourage was what brought him down. He probably lost over a hundred million dollars because of his poor decision making. The sad thing is that people all over the world have negative people in their lives that limit their beliefs because some person told them they couldn’t do it so they want everyone in the world to be just like them. They want everyone that they associate with to think the same negative thoughts that they think because misery loves company. Don’t make the same mistakes that Mr. Vick made. Choose your friends wisely so you can have inspirations around you. You want to hang out with people who bring out the best of you instead of people who bring out the worst in you. It may seem hard sometimes to let go of your old friends or family members who are negative but if you don’t, you will end up just like them, miserable. Find a new group of people that you associate with so you can always be inspired by your entourage.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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Perseverance is the act of persisting no matter what the difficulties may be. What do you rank yourself on the perseverance charts. Are you a push over at the bottom of the charts? Or are you captain comeback overcoming any situation with a level of perseverance that is just off the charts? Perseverance is a quality that I really recommend that you to strive for. It is believing in yourself when nobody else does. Don’t ever listen to other people’s beliefs in your abilities. It is all about your beliefs in your abilities to achieve. You can build up your perseverance to unstoppable levels by taking control over your thoughts to manifest a belief system that believes you can achieve anything you desire. You are such a powerful force that can manifest anything you desire. You just have to unleash your desires to take advantage of this force that is already inside of you. Dare to be great and release this force now. What are you waiting for? You can change your life and your loved ones lives by manifesting into this unstoppable person that you were destined to be. Don’t get in the way of your own destiny. Live the life you have always dreamed of by letting the laws of attraction work for you. Manifestation will only happen if you believe it will happen. You have to attract the good into your life by giving the best version of you to the universe. Start manifesting your dream life now. You can persevere over anything, just put your powerful mind to it.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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It’s The FInal Countdown.

On October 1, 2008 you will have ninety two days left in the year. It is time to kick it up a notch so you can finish out the year with the momentum you need to make 2009 the greatest year of your life. You need to start making your changes now so you can be ahead of the pack. Several people will have new year’s resolutions but they will usually start falling apart by March. You are not going to be giving up as easy as the rest  of the world. You are an achiever, you can make anything you want your reality. You just have to stick to your game plan and never let up when the going gets tough. You believe in constant and never ending improvement so you are going to consistently get better in every aspect of your life. You are the creator of your own destiny. Here are some steps to make your year better then ever. The key is that you start implementing these actions now instead of waiting for the first of the year to get started. Get started now.

1. Get super excited about your future. It isn’t about your past, it is all about your future and the way you see it. Never look back, I can’t stress that enough. It is all about manifesting the greatest outcomes for your future. Focus on the future and all of its possibilities.

2. Solve as many of your 2008 problems as you can now. Don’t leave problems lingering. Solving your problems now will make sure they won’t be an issue for your upcoming year.

3. Acquire as much knowledge as you can. Your mind is one of your strongest assets, use it to your advantage. Constantly make your mind stronger through education.

4. Write clear and specific goals for next year. Write down why you want these goals. Write down how you are going to benefit from you achieving these goals. Write down all of the sacrifices you will have to make to achieve these goals. Your action plan for achievement will be critical to your success in 2009.

5. Pick out next years vacation now. Vacations are one of the best things in life. People who don’t vacation are missing out on one of life’s treasures. They will energize everything in your life, from your romances to your job performance. Try to go on the best vacation you have ever been on. Start a vacation fund. Get your loved ones excited too because it will give the whole family something to look forward to.

6. Find a new hobby. Hobbies are a positive way to keep you happy and occupied. Hobbies will introduce you to a whole new world. A new hobby can make your life more fun then ever. As you know, life is all about having fun.

7. Drop one of your bad habits. Need I say more?

8. Get involved in your community. Do community service. Nothing is more fulfilling then when you get involved to help the needy in your community.

9. Make sure you always get the highest and best use of your time. Time is so precious, so don’t waste it. Get the most out of every moment of every day.

10. Learn how to get the most out of your technology. If you are not getting the most out of your technology, you are missing the boat. Get friendly with technology so you can use it to your advantage.

Don’t wait until next year to get excited. Start getting excited now. I don’t care about the past. I just care about how you handle the future. Get excited about your life today. Today is the day, make the most of it.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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It Is Never Over Unless You Give Up.

As a motivational speaker, I am always looking for ways to get inspired. I saw something very special last night that reminded me that in the game of life, it is never over unless you want it to be over. I was at my son’s little league baseball game on Tuesday and I saw an amazing comeback. It was the last inning of their game and they were down by seven runs trailing the visiting team 12-5. These young boys around the age of ten scored eight straight runs to win the ball game. It was so exhilarating to witness these young men come together as a team to do what most people probably didn’t think they could do. Most people in life just quit when they are down and out. Why do people give up when they are so close to accomplishing their hopes, goals, dreams, and desires? People give up because it is easy to quit, that is why. Usually when times get hard for people they want to go run away because running away is the easy thing to do. When life gets hard, the true players step up and that is what these kids did. They not only stepped up and produced when they faced adversity, but they had fun in the process. They counted on each other because they needed each other to complete their comeback. It was awesome for me to see these kids having the time of their lives while they were just playing baseball. I thought to myself, “If people in the real world had the same approach to their lives as these kids did, the world would be such a better place.” Just remember, I don’t care who you are or what situation you are in, it is only over when you call it quits. Never give up the fight because when you do you are only quitting on yourself and your loved ones. Think like a kid, kids are not afraid of anything. If they fall down, they just get back up. Remember, life is hard, but life is so enjoyable when you are making the best of your situation. Life is only as fun as you make it. I can’t tell you how many times in my life when I was down and out. Times when I was so close to quitting. Then something inside of me would just say, “Okay Hooman, this is it. It is now or never. If you are going to go down, you better go down with everything you got.” Saying that to myself would always inspire me to reach down within and gave it everything that I had. Those times in my life when I gave it my all I would always end up getting my desired outcomes. When you give life your very best effort, your life will be exactly how you desire it to be. If you ever find yourself down and out in life, it is okay, because you and only you are in control of your future. You are the only one who can make a difference in your outcomes. If you want to quit, then just quit, but if you want more out of your life then you are going to have to go after it like these little league boys did. Go after your hopes, goals, dreams, and desires with a determination that is unstoppable. If these young boys did it, then so can you, go out there and make it happen.

This is dedicated to the awesome performance of Austin, Bijan, Cameron, Christian, C.J., Drew, Fonzi, Jayson, Jonathon, Jordan, Max, Sam. I would like to give a special thanks to Coach Saunders, Coach Vetter, and Coach Lopez. Your leadership of these boys is going to bring out the best of their abilities. You are doing awesome. Thank you for your outstanding coaching of these young men.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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What Separates The Top Closers From The Bottom Dwellers?

Do you know what the difference is between the best sales professionals in the world and the sub par sales people? Give up? It’s words. Yes, It is that simple. Words are the difference that separates the best from the rest. How many times have you seen two professionals selling the very same products and one sells twenty times more than the other? It happens all the time, just look at the 80/20 rule. That rule is so true, you will consistently see 20% of the people making 80% of the money, no matter what sales industry you pick. It will always be the same. Why don’t we just join that elite group?

How Do I Become A Part Of That 20% Making 80% Of The Money?

The words that we use as communicators and the way we deliver them are always going to be the difference in our results. The words that you use during your presentations must be mesmerizing to your clients ear. Use power statements that are going to stay in your clients head long after they have left your presentation. You have to blow them away with the delivery of your presentation. Work on your presentation everyday so it is constantly getting better. You have to be different than everyone else you are competing with. Make your clients interact with you so you always keep their attention. Don’t just tell them, sell them make your presentation electrifying. Tease them with what your product does not how it does it. They want to know what’s in it for them, so show them how your product or services would benefit them by giving them the features, advantages, and benefits of your product. Create tremendous value for your clients. If you do these steps that I have mentioned, you will see a drastic increase in your numbers. Your job is to make your clients want your product so bad that they lose sleep over it. If you accomplish this, you will always be a top closer.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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How Do You Respond To Competition?

How do you respond to competition? Do you run away like a sissy or do you step up and rise to the occasion? I don’t know about you but I love competition. Competition is what this amazing country is made of. Competition is what makes the world go round. Competition is what inspires individuals to reach down deep within themselves, to pull out something special to make great things happen. I look back over my life, when I was tested the most was when I stepped up the hardest. Competition brings out the best of me, whenever I have started anything new in my life, I have always set my targets on the best in that field. Why not try to be the best? If you don’t believe you have what it takes to be the best then why bother even showing up? If you have doubts in yourself, all you are doing is creating a limiting belief in your abilities to achieve your desired outcomes. When I was selling luxury homes, I compared my stats to the best, until I became one of the best. I didn’t go out and say, “Who is mediocre because I want to be just like them?” I said, “Who is the best? Because I am going to duplicate their success, by learning everything I can about them. I am going to model their actions until I get to their level.” Success leaves clues everywhere, but its up to you to find these clues. I want you to identify the best achievers in your field and duplicate everything about them. I want you to start competing with them until you get the same results as they do, if not better. I want you to step up your game to another level because the power to do so is already inside of you. You just have to ignite your burning desire to  achieve the greatest outcomes of your life. Make sure you are not intimidated by anything. You are as amazing as you want to be. Dare to be great, dare to be the best. Set yourself apart from your competitors. You are only a loser if you want to be a loser. You will only be as great as you dare to be, you will only be as great as you desire to be. I dare you to be the greatest, because I know that is what I strive for in my life and so should you. Anthony Robbins is known as one of the greatest motivational speakers of all time. I am putting him on notice officially, because “Mr. Robbins, I am coming after your crown.” “Mr. Robbins, I have studied you for a long time. I know your strengths and I know your weaknesses. I will win or learn, but I won’t get discouraged by failure. I will keep on keeping on until I get the results that I desire. Anyone else who is going to get in my way better be ready for the competition of their lifetime. I know I can achieve anything I desire to and so can you. Go out there and compete at the level you have always wanted to compete at. Life is not for the faint at heart, life is for those movers and shakers that want the best for themselves. Join me now as we go after the top players in our respective fields as we enjoy are journey to the mountaintop of achievement. Now is the time to make it happen.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays Go From Zero To Hero.

How do you explain the Tampa Bay Devil Rays going from the worst team in baseball to one of its best teams? Simply electrifying is how I like to explain their 2008 season. They went from being professional baseball’s worst team with a 66-96 record in 2007 to this amazing year with their 92-61 record. From laughingstock to serious contenders, Tampa Bay clinched a playoff birth by beating the Minnesota Twins by 7-2 on Saturday giving them the third best record in all of baseball. No one in the world would have picked them to achieve so much this season. The last team to have such an amazing turnaround were the 1991 Atlanta Braves, going from the worst team in baseball to clinch a playoff birth. They are a small market team competing in the division of the great New York Yankees who they lead by nine games and the defending champion Boston Red Sox who they lead by two and a half games on their quest to winning their first American League East Title. Their magic number to achieve that is just six more wins. How do you go from being a loser for eleven years to being simply amazing as they are today?

How Did They Do It?

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays just showed the world that anyone can achieve anything they desire when they believe in their abilities to achieve greatness. It all starts with resetting your mind of any negativity. You must eliminate any limiting belief that you have in your belief system. No one gave them a chance. Do you think that discouraged them? I seriously doubt it, because when people count me out, that only gets  me more motivated and more inspired to show them that they were wrong for counting me out. I don’t care what others believe, it is what you believe. I don’t care what you have never done. All I care about is what you want to do now. Today is the day and now is your moment. Don’t watch someone shine in your glory and achieve what you desire. Make it happen yourself. You are no different from the people who are getting the results that you desire. The only difference is that they are taking action and you are not. Live the life of your dreams by manifesting everything you have ever wanted out of your life. It is now or never, so make it happen now. You, and only you are in control of your destiny. Go out there and make it happen now, I know you can.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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Vince Young, the third year quarterback of the Tennessee Titans has the fight of his life ahead of him. The interesting thing is that his fight is either going to be easy for him, or it is going to be the toughest times of his life. It is all his choice. Is he going to fall into depression? Or is he going to overcome this difficult time by putting his very best effort. It all started when Young’s coach, Jeff Fisher called the police when he thought Young was in danger of killing himself after a game two Sundays ago. Why did this popular player want to kill himself? It shows how easy it is for your negative thoughts to kill your spirit. Vince Young was the quarterback who led the Texas Longhorns to a NCAA National Championship victory over the USC Trojans in 2005. The Trojans were heavily favored to win because they were defending champions who were riding a 34 game winning streak. No one gave the Longhorns a chance to win. Vince Young showed the world how awesome he was when he single handedly took over that game against the Trojans. Young later went on to be named by ESPN as the 10th best college football player of all time. Young became the 2006 NFL offensive rookie of the year and has seemed to improve every year since then. Then came the game on September 9, 2008 when he was booed off the field by the home crowd for throwing his second interception of the game. That is when his troubles came to light. He told his coach he didn’t want back in the game. Then he disappearance after the game  led to a four hour search by the Nashville police. The search came to an end when Young agreed to meet his coach and the police at the teams training facility.

How Did Vince Young Fall So Low?

The answer to that question is very simple. Vince let himself fall that low. When things were going awesome for him in college football his mental toughness was better because his mental communication within was better. His confidence was at an all time high. Then when he entered the pro’s he started to doubt himself when he listened to his critics. Young had some critics say that he couldn’t play at the pro level. Young has had two good seasons as a pro but we live in a what have you done for me lately world. It all comes done to what Vince Young is going to do now, is he going to sink? Or is he going to swim? It doesn’t matter what he did in college, it matters what he does now? The Tennessee Titans believe in him, but the question is does Young believe in himself? He can do anything he wants to do, he has proved that already. The question is does he want to play at the highest level? The question is does he believe in his abilities to overcome this adversity? It will be easier for him by the day if he believes in his abilities. It will all come down to his mental toughness, what does Vince want? What does Vince believe? He seems like a good guy so I wish the best for him. I know he can do it but I can’t help him, only Vince can. Remember, we can achieve anything we believe. We can achieve anything we desire. It all comes down to what we want and what we desire. Vince, I wish you the very best. Silence your critics the best way possible, show them that you can do it.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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You can get everyone to like you by being a master communicator. You must be genuinely interested in the people you meet. This ability is an unbelievable quality to have. Remember to talk in the other person’s interest. People love to tell stories about themselves so give them an audience. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. I love telling stories and I love to hear them from others. They say our favorite radio station in the world is WIIFM. (What’s In It For  Me) You will get people to love you if you just show them how interesting you find them. You can find something to love about anyone. Make sure your interest in people is sincere.

Communicating with others like this will have you gaining friends and fans all over. This is so important because quality of your life is going to depend on the quality of your communication with yourself and with others. Its important to be sincerely interested in people because you will win anyone over if they can count on you being really interested in them. When you meet people, do it with excitement and enthusiasm. Make sure you  have big smile on your face, whether it is over the phone or in person. Be a great listener and give everyone that you meet this special treatment. Before you know it you will get everyone to like you and you will have raving fans or life long friends.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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