How many hours a day are YOU unconscious?.

Today was one of those days at work.... Ha, how many times have we said that...however this day which is familiar to me, may not be familiar to others...and i hope to change that

Maybe you don't know what this is like because you work for a Corporation w/ hundreds/thousands/millions of employees. maybe you just dont care enough about what you do to really ever end up in this position. Or maybe you only care part time, for your full time job...But i do not...and today my CEO approached me with an idea. ............Now let me pause and say that, as the head of Sales, i often meet with the CEO to discuss Sales and our process and our productivity etc. so this was not the neat part...for that...lets return to the scheduled program already in progress...........An idea that could change the entire industry of Personal/Professional Development. He didnt tell me how we could do, when we could do it, or where we could do it, he only told me that it could be done, and it could take this company to the top of the industry within 10 years. (Yes this is the same industry that boasts names like Zig Ziggler, T. Harv Ecker, and the infamous Anthony Robbins). He asked me what i thought about the idea. The millionaire CEO of this million dollar company asked me...if we could pull it off. Now...like i said, i talk to him often....but rarely in this manor. I was given the opportunity to assist in changing the face of a million dollar company, simply because my CEO believed that my best interests, were not in the number of zeros at the end of my pay check, rather the number of zeros at the end of the # of lives we change with our company.

The idea?...well you will have to wait and see...but the moral of the story...

is to simply Stop! Seriously look at what you do for a living. Over 60% of our live's are spent either sleeping or working.

Sleeping is simple, in that you do it in one manor, you have to do it to survive, there is little choice involved, and once its over you can get on with your life.

But do you feel the same about work...?

You already spend 6-8 hours a day unconscious under your comforter but Do you also spend 8 hrs a day, doing something that is simple, monotonous, simply because you have to...at work?

if thats the case then basically.....deductive reasoning would say that you are unconscious for 16 hours a day.

I told you the story above about me and my CEO not for the subject matter, rather, the underlining message.

I LOVE WHAT I DO. and because of that...the only part of my day when i am not having a blast....is when i'm in Dream land.

I'm only unconscious....when i'm unconscious. I get 8 extra hours of reality, while you are sleeping.dreaming.waiting for the weekend.

I dont want to sit here and pretend that i can teach you how to fall in love with your job....because there are about 1 billion different jobs out there, most of which i have never done.

But here are 2 tips.

Where ever you work, and whom ever you work for, cannot be a mystery. So many people have jobs that are actually a mystery. For instance if you work in sales at Lowe's (using my brother as an example because i know he's done this...and recently got promoted because of it) you need to understand that you are the most important person in that entire Global Powerhouse of a company. Because after all...NOTHING HAPPENS TILL YOU SELL! AND NOTHING SELLS TILL YOU HAVE SALESPEOPLE! That's step one, understanding your value as an employee and how it effects the company you work for.

Equally important is to align your morals and believes with that of the Company/CEO you work with/for. There are people working in this economy that cannot name their CEO let alone understand his vision for the company. Employees know the code of conduct, but who wrote it, why it was written, what it all really means...is a mystery. The CEO is nothing more than an occasional conference call or Video chat, and is never really a reality. I call this the "Wizard of Oz Effect". Those companies do that for a reason. Reality = Accountability...Presence = Accountability... When the person with the most power is in the clouds, its easier for them to treat you like garbage, because you are a number. When you gain a presences in their life, that is when your job changes.

So before you submit the Application. Make sure, at some point you can speak to the guy or gal who makes the decisions and truly understand why they do what they do and why your job, even exists..When you can align yourself with the Decision Maker, you can work more effectively, climb the corporate ladder and be a part of the decisions one day.

But this cannot be faked. You cannot ACT like you agree with the company's vision in order to get a bigger pay check. The funny thing about this is, when money is your motivator, you will not perform at your top level once you are financially satisfied. That makes sense right? What else do you have to work for? But if you are motivated by your work, by what you're accomplishing, by who your effecting, by what your creating, by what you are doing...not only does the money come, w.o you focusing on it, but you stop WORKING and you start LIVING. We live to chase a dream and create our own interpretation of a good life. And you can do that with your job.

The saying goes that you spend the first 8 hrs a day chasing your boss's dream, the second 8 hrs of your day chasing your dream. and the rest...dreaming. Although i agree that dreams (Both conscious and unconscious) are vital to our existence...what if we could align our dreams with our employer's dream...and spend 16 hours a day chasing our dreams?

Can Your work become a part of your journey rather than a deterrent?

I Live to help people. I live to effect lives for the better. My goal...
to touch 1 million lives.
to donate 1 million dollars to charity.
to help develop 1 million novel ideas in people around me.
to write 1 million pages worth of MY thoughts.
to create 1 Millionaire.
to live 1 million years, and if i cannot, to learn as if i will.

1 million is my number, and guess what...my job will get me there. I love what i do.

Do you?

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this is my job?

o my gosh look at this place.....is that a 3-D Tree?...whaaaat!....."sir are you heading to the networking gala?" ...well yes....yes i am... "allow me to escort you to the 21st floor" Thanks buddy.

this is how my night began...myself and my partner Etta then proceeded to room 2102....after starring at this enormous modern oak door, we ring the door bell and are immediately greeted by a room full of millionaires.....who couldn't be happier to see us.... i immediate thought

This is my job?

We then entered the million dollar condo on top of the city of Dallas....we were sitting on couches that were made of snake skin....staring at hand painted pictures of the owners....sipping cocktails and rubbing shoulders with Dallas's finest :)

O and did i mention the party was sponsored by Three olives Vodka? ........take a second and process that.

Full open bar....needless to say...i was happy.

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and Etta of course enjoyed a few glasses of $1200 wine.

the night went on and i sold some tickets and invited some people to come to Vegas etc etc but the best part of the night was the 2 bulldogs that were roaming the party all night...it was my heaven. :)

the second best part was everything we experienced added to the fact that 90% of the guys there were gay...and gay guys are seriously THEE people to party with.(Side note: if you have never partied with gay males...you are seriously missing out...and im not talking the kind that want to stick their tongue down your throat..im talking about wealthy married dudes) ..i had an awesome time and met some amazing people....

now back to the 3-D tree....yes it was a three dimensional tree in the lobby....i felt like i was in the matrix.

Needless to say this event was the highlight of my trip here to Dallas.

once the sun went down we went out the balcony overlooking the city and took it all in. Three olives kept the night going with all kinds of samples of drinks i could not name nor do i need to...because they were handed to me hah...no ordering/tipping necessary

Thank you to everyone who showed me what its like to be at the top!

Very good night....still cant believe this is my job....lol

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Dallas is not Fort Worth....and other rants

Hello all....so today i was working in what i thought was Dallas TX but was actually Fort Worth. I was scolded by a 100 year old lady for calling where she lived, "Dallas" . She said....and i quote.."listen here yungun...this is NOT Dallas....this here in FORT WORTH TEXAS! Dallas is where the EAST ENDS and Fort Worth is where the WEST BEGINS!, Git it right then come on back tamora (Tomorrow)." So there i was ....standing alone...in fort worth...with my dignity spilled all over the side walk. A 100 year old lady just gave me the business.... so ladies and gentlemen...do not make that mistake....EVER!

Rants: I hate this...... "and then i totally got wasted with @Mark Franklin and we were all partying at @Sinderellas Rib Shack..." First of all twitter is horrible....but to take twitter into real life conversation with this ridiculous "@" before every noun is making me want to throw up. my name is not @David McClain.....my name is David McClain...Now...i will admit, im angry because im ignorant....and who knows...in a week i may be "@"ing everyone and everything i see....but until then...i hate twitter...and i hate the @ sign....its stupid...@ means AT....and you were not partying with AT david mcclain. That just doesnt make sense.....turrable.

Rant: Another thing that grinds my gears...is the NBA draft.. i wont event tell you why...ill just lay out my proposal to the NBA. The first 3 picks can have 3 minutes each to pick and interview and get your tiny hat that doesn't fit, and show off your rented suit...the rest of the picks occur in 5 second intervals via lighting rounds. each team gets 5 seconds to pick their player and if they dont, they lose their pick. there is no commentary because i swear i heard "well you know the guy is gonna have to mold into an NBA player before he's a superstar"..........ARE YOU SURE?....yes we all know he will have to forget about passing, learn how to force shots, travel often, and score 50 a game in order to be a super star. Oh and he has to be over 6 feet tall because there was a certain player named Allen....wait what was his last name....anyway...he did all of that and he will most likely be forgotten in the next 5 years. even though he was the leading scorer in the NBA. So thats my plan for the NBA i hope it works out

More rants to come...i hope you enjoyed our time together today

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Living in Vegas...

A lot of people tell me... "BRO IT MUST BE AWESOME LIVING IN VEGAS!"...and to that i say....Yes, Yes it is. Honestly the best part about moving across the country is realizing how small of a world it actually is... for instance...we move out here..and our neighbor is a cousin of one of lindsay's friends from school. something else thats cool is seeing your city on every commercial/tv show/anything media. If you haven't already...try going a day without hearing/seeing/feeling/smelling something about vegas on or around your being. it just doesnt happen....and of course there is the fact that as soon as you move to Vegas....everyone in your life becomes your best friend. Almost every day i hear from someone that i havent talked to since Y2K telling me when theyre coming to Vegas and that it is my duty to show them a good time...which is fine by me :) but its something worth noting.

Being a Vegas local also has its perks, and although i haven't gotten my cool Nevada licence, i still get alll the inside scoop. I know exactly where to go and when to go there..for the cheapest nights out, in one of the craziest cities on the planet. And i do this mostly through Facebook stalking. for instance, if you look at my friends list on the book, you will see that i am friends with at least 1 promoter/door man from every nightclub/bar in the city. This my friends is what i call "Leverage" and Leverage=Advantage :) Fine I'm a stalker but I'm a stalker who's in the club like 50 cent.

So if you haven't "secret messaged" me your vacation itinerary yet....now's the time to do it. I'll be the guy by the pool sipping Dirty Arnold Palmers answering texts.

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