Hooman's Story

Achieving greatness is something that comes to those who are willing to make sacrifices that the average person is not willing to take. Achieving greatness is for those individuals who believe that failure is not an option for them. This is the time in American history where the greatest achievers are needed the most. Follow these steps to the promise land of achievement. 

1. You have to have big dreams, really big dreams. Decide what you want and go after it. No one who has achieved greatness had little expectations. You must expect more than anyone else expects from you. 

2. You must have total control over your thoughts and actions. You have to believe in your abilities to achieve. You can achieve anything you desire with empowering thoughts. All experiences in your life will be a direct result of your dominant mental thoughts. Power and control over your thoughts and actions will have you achieving the greatest outcomes of your life. No one achieved greatness without being mentally tougher than their competition. 

3. You have to have an awesome action plan to achieve your desired goals. If you don’t have an awesome action plan, you will never achieve the goals that you desire. You have to be aware of what is working and what is not working. Don’t hesitate to change your approach if you are not getting the results that you desire. 

4. You have to look at failure as just an outcome. If you don’t get the outcome that you desire, you must change your approach until you achieve the success you desire. Failure is just a chance to begin again with a more intelligent approach. You must learn from your failures. Failure must be a stepping stone to success and not a stumbling block. It doesn’t matter how many times you fail, what matters is your dedication to your success. You must keep on chasing your dream until you make it happen. Failure should never be an option for you. You will win or learn, but you never should believe in failure as one of your options.

5. Success leaves clues. Model people who have achieved the results that you desire. Learn from the best of the best. Don’t hang around the buzzards of the world. Soar with the eagles that fly high. You should network with achievers so that you are constantly pushing yourself to match their success. 

6. Never stop learning. You must dedicate yourself to constant and never ending improvement. You must always strive to better yourself each and everyday. 

7. You must strive to be a master of communication. The quality of your life will depend on the quality of your communication with yourself and with others. You must learn how to view each situation from your point of view and from other people’s point of view. Most people who have achieved greatness have been master communicators. 

8. Be a person who is constantly stretching their abilities. Always try to achieve outcomes that are currently beyond your abilities. You must dare to achieve outside of your comfort zone. Stretching your abilities will make you great. You must strive to be greater than your competition. Roosevelt said, “The only thing that we have to fear, is fear itself. Don’t be afraid of anything because the greatest risk is the one you don’t take.

9. You must never give up until you succeed. Thomas A. Edison failed close to 1,000 times before he succeed in giving us electricity. He was asked why he didn’t quit and his reply was that he had ran out of options to try. He said, “I had no option but to succeed.” 

10. Ask yourself empowering questions everyday. When you wake up in the morning ask yourself, “What can I do to achieve greatness today?” “What can I do to get me closer to the success that I desire?” “What can I do to make me a better person?” 

11. Visualize yourself as if you are already experiencing the success that you desire. You have to believe it before you see it. Visualize daily of the success that you desire until you are living the life that you have dreamed of. 

Follow these steps and greatness will be in your future. The sky is no longer the limit, space is. Richard Branson is taking tourist to outer space for their vacations. If he didn’t have vision and goals, he would never have become the success that he is today. You are the master of your destiny. You are the creator of your future. You can make your life as extraordinary as you desire. Dare to be great and manifest that greatness now. I believe in you. Do you believe in you?

Hooman Hamzehloui 2009

www.HoomanCan.com

Follow me on Twitter

When I hear the James Brown song “I feel good” no matter what mood I am in, it makes me feel good. I wish James Brown would have sang “I think good, that’s why I feel good.” James Brown told us how he felt, instead of telling us how he felt that way. Everybody wants to feel good, but not everyone does feel good? What is the problem? Its all in the quality of people’s thoughts. People will never feel good if they are having bad thoughts. Bad thoughts = bad feelings. It is impossible to feel bad when your thoughts are good. Good thoughts = good feelings. 

You need to control the quality of your thoughts. That is the only way you are going to control your feelings. Your life will follow your thoughts. That is why you should never let a bad thought enter your head. Life is too precious for stinking thinking. When I had bad thoughts, it led to the worst days of my life. Now that I have total control of my thoughts, I am living the best days of my life. Why would you want to feel any other way? 

If you do catch yourself having bad thoughts, you must trigger your thought changers. Your thought changers are things or events in your life when you were feeling awesome. My thought changers are my children, my relationship with my fiancee, some of my accomplishments. I find that if my thoughts ever start wondering done the wrong path, I can think of my thought changers and I am instantly able to change my state of mind. It is amazing how easy it is to change your state of mind. 

The bottom line is this, the quality of your thoughts are going to affect the quality of your life. Make sure your thoughts are empowering you instead of demoralizing you. All of your life’s experiences will be a result of what you constantly focus on. Your thoughts will become your reality, so make sure you control your thoughts so you can control your future. You are the creator of your future, but only powerful thoughts will create a powerful future. Manifest your destiny now. 

Hooman Hamzehloui 2009

www.HoomanCan.com

Follow me on Twitter

Are You A Warrior Or A Worrier?

These two words look like the same word when you quickly glance at them but the definitions behind them couldn’t be more different. 

Warrior – a man engaged or experienced in warfare

Worrier – to feel or express great care or anxiety

The Difference Between a Warrior and a Worrier

 Worriers focus on all the possibilities of all the things that can go wrong. 

 Warriors focus on how to overcome any potential obstacles that could come their way.

Since our lives follow our dominating mental thoughts, the worrier will manifest their own misfortunes. While the warrior will manifest confidence to overcome any obstacle that comes their way. 

Worriers give up when the going gets tough because they don’t believe in themselves.

Warriors believe they can do anything they desire because they believe in their abilities. 

One of my favorite all time quotes is from Henry Ford. “Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can’t. You are right.

 In this case they are both right. The worrier can’t achieve, while the warrior can achieve. 

Worriers run away from challenges because they are afraid of challenges. 

Warriors look for challenging opportunities because they get inspired by challenges.

If you want to achieve greatness, you have to stretch your abilities to achieve outcomes that are currently beyond your abilities. That is the only way you are going to grow and get better. 

Worriers blame others for their lack of success. 

Warriors take responsibility for their own actions. 

You can never learn from your mistakes if you don’t admit them. Warriors use failure as a stepping stone. Worriers use failure as a stumbling block. 

Worriers love to bring people down to their level of misery.

Warriors will inspire their followers to elevate their abilities to reach the next level.  

Worriers vision is always focused on the past. 

Warriors vision is always focused on the future and the possibilities that the future holds. 

Your outlook on life is so important. Worriers dwell in the past, making them destined to repeat it. Warriors look forward to the future while they focus on their desired outcomes. Warriors know what they want and they will not quit until they achieve it.  

Worriers will accept defeat. 

Warriors will keep on fighting until they succeed. 

We are in a time where things are very hard for the average person.  Many of you are going to have setbacks. Worriers will accept their outcomes as permanent. Warriors will let their passion and persistence get them back up so they can keep on fighting.

Martin Luther King said, “Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” How do you view your life? Are you a worrier? Or Are you a warrior? Condition yourself to become a tough warrior. Remember, you can do anything you desire if you believe in your abilities to achieve. Now is the time for the warrior in you to step up. 

Hooman Hamzehloui 2009

www.HoomanCan.com

Follow me on Twitter

This is dedicated to my friend Phil from www.bigfishswimschool.com. Phil I wish you and your wife the best of luck in your marriage. Thank you for your support Phil. 

The drive of a human being is truly unbeatable. Look how far we have come over the course of history. If you went back to the early 1800’s and told them about some of the things we have accomplished today, they would look at you funny and have you committed to a crazy hospital. Looking forward, what do you think the technology and medical advances of the year 2100 will be like? If I was to take a guess, I would say they would be truly amazing. Do you think that the people who achieve these advances will have tasted defeat? Absolutely, defeat comes with any journey to success. It is those individuals who keep pushing forward who get to experience the thrill of victory. 

Where are you in your life today? Are you chasing your dreams? Or having you given up because you have experienced some setbacks? When you are chasing success, you are going to have setbacks. What determines what happens from there is how you deal with these setbacks. Are you going to use them as stumbling blocks? Or are you going to use them as stepping stones. When you have a setback in your life, it is only a test. It is up to you on how bad you want to achieve your desired outcomes. Do you have the will to succeed? Do you have the will to win? If you believe in your abilities to achieve and stay committed to your desired outcomes, you will find a way. It is hard to keep a person who is infected with persistence down. You have to decide that no matter what happens along the way, failure is not an option. You are going to succeed because you believe in your abilities to achieve. Nothing is going to stop you. Get your passion burning hotter than ever. Get excited about your desired outcomes. Get excited about your dreams and make them come true. You hold the key to your future, go out there and make your future happen now. 

Hooman Hamzehloui 2009

www.HoomanCan.com

Follow me on Twitter

Martin Luther King said “Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” Having a positive attitude is one of the most important characteristics you can have as a successful individual. Your positive attitude will bring you countless advantages in a time when the majority of the world is struggling. I want to congratulate you for reading something motivational because the rest of the world is reading nothing but doom and gloom stories. Here are a eleven ways to stay positive when so many people are extremely negative.

1. You must never let a negative thought enter your head. 

You need to constantly think of the most empowering thoughts because your thoughts will become your reality. If you only focus on positive and empowering thoughts, you will be completely in control of your future. Success will become so much easier for you to manifest when you focus on empowering thoughts. 

2. Stay away from negative individuals.

Negative people will want to bring you down because misery loves company. Try to help them get positive. If they won’t change, then you need to avoid them at all costs because it will only be a matter of time before you are negative just like them. Don’t talk bad about anyone because criticism is just a disguised compliment. 

3. Stay away from negative stories. 

Don’t read or watch anything unless it is positive. Newspapers and television are full of doom and gloom stories so you must avoid them no matter what. If you are going to read the newspaper or watch television, make sure it is only positive and feel good stories. You can actually learn from television if you are watching the right programming. 

4. Never stop believing in hope.

There are story after story of humans achieving greatness after failing over and over again. I don’t care what others believe you can do, I only care about what you think you can do. You can achieve anything you believe. Never stop believing, because whether you believe you can or whether you believe you can’t you are right. If you have hope, you will find a way to make it happen. Never stop believing.  

5. Don’t live in the past. 

Don’t dwell on the past because there is nothing you can do about the past except learn from it. Focus on the future and all of its possibilities. You are the creator of your future. You must create your life the way you want it to be. Focus on the great outcomes that you desire. 

6. Find the positive side of every negative situation.

Life is what you make of it. There is usually something positive that you can discover from every negative situation. It all depends on your outlook. Make sure you are an optimistic person. Look for the positives instead of the negatives. Remember what Martin Luther King said, “Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” Difficult times require your best efforts. You must step up and be a leader when the regular people are looking for guidance.  

7. Look deep for opportunities.

Opportunity doesn’t go away, it goes to someone else. There are so many opportunities out there right now it is crazy. Make sure you take advantage of them because you never know when they will disappear. The greatest risk is the one you don’t take. Think of solutions to people’s problems. It is times like these when ordinary people have become extraordinary people because they create a new opportunity. You can be the one who achieves this success if you dare to be great. Everything that exists in the world today was started by a thought from someone like you and me. 

8. Have fun in your life. 

Happiness comes from within, discover what makes you happy and bottle it. Life is so amazing when you are having fun. Find a new hobby or rediscover and old one. Work hard but make sure you play just as hard. Have a smile on your face because they are contagious. You are not here for a long time, you are here for a good time. It isn’t a job if you are having a fun time while you do it. 

9. Exercise, exercise, exercise. 

Exercising will make you feel so positive because you know there is so many health benefits behind it. Exercising on a regular basis will let you live a longer and healthier life. Exercising will give you more energy. It will make you look better. I have been exercising like never before and I can’t tell you how awesome the impact has been on me. 

10. Help other people who are in need. 

You will get everything you want in life if you help others get everything they want in their lives. Helping people in need is an extraordinary feeling. Mentor someone who could use your wisdom because you will impact their life forever. Spend time with people who could use a friend. Volunteer your time and connections for local charities. 

11. Commit yourself to constant and never ending improvement. 

It is times like this when you need to sharpen your skills and knowledge so you can stand out above the rest of the crowd. Never stop learning because you can learn something new everyday. Read at least an hour a day. Listen to motivational cd’s. Learn new skills and knowledge online. This is the information age, use the technology that you have available to you so you can be the best that you can be. Dedicate yourself to constant and never ending improvement. 

Hooman Hamzehloui 2009

www.HoomanCan.com

Follow me on Twitter

Success leaves clues, it always has, and it always will. Follow these steps to success with a burning desire to succeed and you will achieve anything you desire. 

1. You have to know exactly what you want to achieve. Anyone who has achieved greatness in the past has known exactly what they have wanted out of their lives. Your focus must be clear. 

2. Take immediate action towards your goals. Those who achieved greatness didn’t sit around and let things happen, they made things happen. Take massive action everyday towards your goals. 

3. Be aware of your current results. If you are not getting the results that you desire, keep changing your approach until you achieve the results that you desire. 

4. Stay committed to your desired outcomes. Believe in your abilities to achieve the results that you desire. Failure should not be an option for you. You must keep on keeping on until you succeed. Thomas Edison failed 1,000 times when he tried to invent electricity. His commitment to persistence allowed him to achieve his desired outcome. You should never waver in your resolve. You must always believe.   

Follow these four steps and you will get to the promise land of achievement. If HoomanCan I know you can. Achieve the greatness that is inside of you now. 

Hooman Hamzehloui 2009

www.HoomanCan.com

Follow me on Twitter

Today is a historical day. The 44th President of the United States of America has been sworn in. Barack Obama is living proof that anyone can achieve anything they desire as long as they have dreams and aspirations. For those of you who heard Barack Obama speech, it was truly electric. Barack Obama said, “Its time to remake America.” I agree with what he said, it is time to remake America. What makes this country absolutely amazing is each individual. With our new leader, it is time for us to follow his change. Change starts with the individual. It is time to set our goals high. It is time to get passionate about our lives. It is time to get active. Don’t let the days of your life pass you by. Make your days greater than ever by getting involved. You can achieve anything that you desire, you just have to believe. You can never stop believing in the possibilities and the promises of tomorrow. You have to use your mind to get you ahead. Your expectations should be higher than they ever have been. Your dreams should be bigger than ever. It isn’t going to be easy. Nothing extraordinary is easy to achieve. The bigger the challenge, the harder the fight, but when you do taste victory, it will taste so sweet. Today is a new day, so dare to be great. Dare to achieve things you once thought were out of your reach.  Dare to go where you have never been before. You are the creator of your future. Your destiny is in your own hands. Are you going to the promise land? Or are you going to sit and watch your life pass by? Now is not the time to take the tranquilizing drug of procrastination. Now is the time to believe. Now is the time to achieve. Now is the time to live the best days of your life. Take your passion and make it happen.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2009

www.HoomanCan.com 

Follow me on Twitter

Martin Luther King is one of the greatest speakers of all time. All you have to do is listen to one of his speeches and you will agree. To think about the adversity that he faced on a daily basis, it is just unimaginable. Yet, he had so much love in his heart. Here is a man that had every reason in the world to hate, but hate is something that Martin Luther King stood against. He said to “Bless those that curse you”. He always talked about overcoming with love. He has truly been an inspiration to me. What would he think about the way we treat each other today? What would he think about the way people handle their relationships? 

I want you to take a look at your life. Do you have hate in your heart? Do you feel resentment towards someone? Are you the best person you can be to your friends? Are you giving your partner the love that they really deserve? What kind of parent are you? 

Now is the time to take your love to a higher level. Now is the time to be the best lover that you can be. Don’t let a day go by without telling the people around you how much you truly love them. Don’t let a moment go by without your children knowing how special they are to you. Don’t let your friends forget what an amazing person you are and how much you value their friendship. Don’t let a stranger walk by without smiling at them. We can change the world with our passion for love and harmony. We can change the world with the kindness in our hearts. The world is a very small place now. There is not enough room for people to hate one another. If we don’t learn to get along, we might all cause the destruction of our planet.

Go out there and spread your love. Go out there and make someone happy. Now is not the time for hate, now is the time to spread your love.

Martin Luther King said the following about hate.
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction….The chain reaction of evil–hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars–must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2009

www.HoomanCan.com

Follow me on Twitter

Martin Luther King had a dream. He even claimed that it was a deeply rooted dream. If he was alive today what would he think? What would he say? Martin Luther King has been my idol now for about eleven years. When I first heard the “I had a dream” speech, I was never the same. I was so moved, I was so inspired. I told myself that here is a man that truly changed the world. I couldn’t believe what a motivating speaker he was. Read these, memorize these, and share them with the people in your life. 

Here are some of his best quotes. 

“Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”

“Bless those who curse you.”

“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

 ”A little faith will bring your soul to heaven, but a lot of faith will bring heaven to your soul.”

“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” 

The question is no longer between violence and non-violence; it is between non-violence and non-existence. 

 ”We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

“If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.” 

“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.” 

“Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.”

“I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.”

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”

“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”

“Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power.”

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”

“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”

“Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.”

“One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.”

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” 

“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.”

“Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.” 

“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”

Here is the words to the amazing speech, “I have a Dream” at http://hoomancan.com/blog/?p=44

Here is the “I have a Dream” speech on video at http://hoomancan.com/blog/?p=45

www.HoomanCan.com

In life you always get what you pay for, but there are those little things that come to you for free. I am sure if there was a place at the mall where you could go and buy a new mindset, that store would do pretty good business. Your mental makeup is one of those beautiful things in life that you can actually get for free. However, you have to pay your dues. Some learn the easy way, some learn the hard way. It doesn’t matter how you get mentally fit, what is critical to your life is that you get mentally fit.

We all know that life is going to give you trials and tribulations, what makes your character special is the way you deal with these events. Did you respond or did you react? Did you run away or did you face your monsters? My life has kicked my butt on several occasions. At times it was just a little roughing up, and then there was the nasty beat downs. The kind that could leave many scarred for life. However, I realized early on that I could overcome anything that life threw at me. I learned to live to fight another day. I learned that tomorrow was full of possibilities and promise. I learned that if your desire is white hot, it is almost impossible to put out that flame. I am living proof that you can achieve anything you set your mind to. What we constantly think about and focus on, will lead us down the path of the good life. So don’t focus on what could have been. Focus on what is going to be. Focus on your greatness. Focus on making a difference. Focus on constant change that is going to get you stronger and better by the day. Do you still believe? Or have you given up hope? If you are reading this, then I bet you still believe. So never stop your journey because it is only going to get better by the day. 

I can assure you one thing, it isn’t going to be easy. I can assure you if you have doubts, you are not going to make it. I can assure you that there will be some huge signs that are meant to make the weak quit. Life has a funny way of testing you. When you do get to that crossroad, and it is scary and dark and extremely cold, don’t turn around. Keep on keeping on until you achieve. If you do this, I promise you it will be one of your life’s defining moments. Don’t let nothing turn you around. How bad do you want it? If you want it that bad then there is only one way to prove it. If HoomanCan then, anyone can.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2009

www.HoomanCan.com