Before I get started I just wanted to say I heard this story I’m about to tell you, yesterday and honestly I sat on in for a day and wasn’t sure if I should share it on here or not… After a day to think about it and the message that comes with it I have to!!

(If you have a heart this story might bother you and I’m sorry)

An Iraq War Vet

The story goes like this…(if I get some of it wrong and you know the details please correct me I’m going on my memory from what I heard)

And YES as far as I know This IS a TRUE STORY!!!

A young soldier returning home from Iraq made a call home to speak with his father.  He informed his father that he was coming home and couldn’t wait to see him and his mother.  They talked on the phone for a while then finally the soldier told his dad that he was wanting to bring a friend back with him that had grown to be a brother figure to him because his friend didn’t believe his family would be able to handle the fact of what happened in Iraq.  His friend had lost both legs in the war and also had a deformed arm.  His father paused and replied to him that him and his mother were both under a lot of stress and didn’t think it would be a good idea because he didn’t know if they could handle the stress of having a disabled war vet like that under their roof.

They closed the conversation and ending in I Love You they got off the phone…

A week had gone by and the parents had not heard from their son since that last phone call a week earlier.

The phone rang and their hearts sank…

It was the police department… Their son had committed suicide and they needed them to come down to the morgue and identify the body.

As hard as it was for them to confirm that the body they looked at was their sons, the fact that he had committed suicide wasn’t the most troubling thought….

…

He laid in the morgue a U.S. Soldier… A Disabled American Veteran with no legs and a deformed arm…

For it wasn’t a “friend” he was wanting to bring home…It was himself.

I know this is a depressing story for it to be on Stay Boosted but I felt I needed to share it in order to open your mind and heart!!!

We, as Americans, are so focused on our own well being that we do not understand the importance of caring for others…even people we do not know.  Think about this story the next time a stranger asks you for help.  What may seem like something you can say no to, may be something that changes that persons life.

Care!

Its only a four letter word but it means so much more than the size of the word itself!

Caring, even for strangers, is something we all can do a little bit more.  Please understand the importance of this post and help spread the word of caring!!!

It’s true…It doesn’t matter how much money you have you cannot go back into the past and change anything in your life…

Many of us have time periods that we are not happy with. Trust me I know!  But there is a lesson that we ALL need to realize..

You Cannot Change Your Past, But You Can Start TODAY To Create A New Future!!!

The following is one of the best questions that you can ask yourself but, you have to be 100% honest with yourself!

What are you not happy with?

Answer the question honestly.  As Tony Robbins Says…Don’t make it better than it is and don’t make it worse than it is!

Is it your relationship with your parents, do you not get along or talk to them as much as you want?

Is it the relationship with your better half or your children?

Is it your job?

Be honest and answer this(to yourself)

Focusing on what your not happy with in your life both personal and professional life can give you a clear focused path to follow for your pursuit of happiness.  Look into the answer(or answers for most of us) and use those as guidelines on what to change in your life!

For Example:  If your not happy with your job… What can you do to change that.. Look for a different job or career path, Focus on what your passionate about and love to do and derive a business from that

(This is just a small example because you need to work your mind!)

Dig Deep

When you are looking into what to change to create a better future you will find that the best answers are buried deep!!! REALLY DEEP!!!!!!

I don’t care what you say dig deeper and try to find the small details about what you are not happy about.

(Once again I’m going to use the “not happy with my job” example because there are a lot of us out that feel this way)

If your not happy with your job, you need to look deeper and say ok what is it that I don’t like about the job…

• Is It Your Boss or Coworkers?
• Your Schedule?
• The Line of Work Your In?
• Maybe It’s the Ridiculous Uniform That You Have To Wear
• Or Maybe Your Like Me and Millions Of Other People Who Just Simply Would Rather Own Their Own Business

Once you have recognized your main “dislikes” about what you wish to change you can then focus on the change and

Create A Better Future!

What are you going through in your life that I might be able to help with? Please leave a comment or email me at cjhallock@gmail.com I would love to hear from you…

As always Be Good and
“Stay Boosted!“

To your Happiness and Success in finding your “Mental Fortunes“

C.J. Hallock

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Yes, My Life Sucks!

Honestly!!!

Why? Well let me tell you I’ve sat for hours and days trying to understand why people do what they do and what there thinking when they do it.  Because lets be honest if I know that when “you” focus on your past every single day your going to be happy[(if you had a good past) not to mention if you facing problems, running from them wont help] or sad/depressed(if your past was rough) Then I know not to do that!!

There is a very important quote that I believe started with Ms Dora Chambers and that is

“Yesterday is a canceled check and tomorrow may never come, all you have is the present!!!”

Live by that…. Ok back on point!!…

I’ve read (I cant tell you how many) books, watched movies, documentaries and just plain went swimming in personal development “stuff” over the last 6 years. From “The Secret” movie series(What the beep,The Opus,The Compass) to Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad series (Way too many books to list…lol) Tony Robbins’ books videos and audio seminars, Donald Trump, Jim Rohn and now Gary Vaynerchuk….

I know the messages that these people are giving out and I’ve taken ALL of that and put my own input into it and my own twist on a lot of it and yes a big twist I’ve done is (Stay Boosted)… But the problem is that there are way too many people who I come into contact with EVERY DAY that do not understand how the phrase Stay Boosted can affect their life…

The true meaning of being able to live a positive life in hard times and how to do it

 

Its a long thought process that takes about 2 minutes every day to change your life…

1. When you wake up every morning spend the first minute you wake up and be thankful for what you have…

YOU JUST OPENED YOUR EYES AND BREATHED!!!!!! That in itself is powerful!

SOMEONE LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!! I don’t care how lonely you may feel or how much it seems that no one cares … I promise there is someone out there that completely loves you for who you are and truly cares about you, you just may not know who they are…I promise they are there!!!!

2. Spend the next minute affirming to yourself how GREAT your life truly is! I don’t care if its an affirmation that you stole from one of my websites, Tony Robbins or just a quote that settles with your life!

Its quick and easy-those two steps when performed EVERY DAY can drastically change your life for the better. There are many different studies that have taken place over the last ten years that ALL prove that the mindset you have within the first 5 minutes of waking up will decide how your emotions will be effected throughout your day!!!

Why My Life Sucks…

Well I simply know it does because I haven’t reached enough people…  Yes I know that people would kill to live the life I’m living and people would kill to live the life your living…(I know your reading this says you at least have access to a computer or phone of some sort which is more than some people can say)

I want to be able to deliver the message to the masses and until we change as a species and understand that if we focus on other people more than we focus on ourselves we will be taken care of!!

I will not be satisfied until I see that lady who looks like she’s about to cry in the Burger King drive through smile every day because she understands that she was blessed with the gift of life that day … Or the single mom who goes through mental breakdowns about once a week realizes that her kids(who might not be the most respectful beings alive…lol my sister and I were those beings to my mom…sorry mom and I love you!) do love her and even though she (the single mom) wont recieve 100% gratitude for what she is doing now… They will understand what you did for them when they get older!

My life sucks because I’ve watched emotions (that are hard to control at times) drive people into a state of depression where they do not want to live(Yes I was one of those people once upon a time)

I know there isn’t a person on earth without any worries what so ever! Its true … I don’t care who you are your going to worry about something…Its part of life!!

[Yes, I am going to wrap this up soon!! lol sorry   ]

I’ll end in this… If your life sucks like mine then HELP SOMEONE!!! Lend an ear to someone who is going through a hard time in there life and really just needs to vent!  Find someone who is going  through a hardship that you have and share the techniques that you used to overcome it!

Do Something Positive Because You Care!!!

Change someones life!!!

How many lives can you touch??? Start working on showing the numbers because we need to!!!

Its been a great week and I want to thank those of you who are supporting Stay Boosted on Facebook … It really touches me that people care about what I’m saying and believe it!!!!

I hope you enjoy your weekend and the time you have with loved ones….

Happy Friday!

One more thing before I go… What are you going through in your life that I might be able to help with?  Please leave a comment or email me at cjhallock@gmail.com I would love to hear from you…

As always Be Good and
“Stay Boosted!“

To your Happiness and Success in finding your “Mental Fortunes“

C.J. Hallock

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It’s a concept that I’ve had to grow in my life and I believe that it can help you!

I’ve been through a lot over my 28 short years of life and witnessed a lot of stuff I never want to witness again and things for that matter I never want to go through again.

Problems we face every day can stay on our mind and hinder us from being great.  I allowed my past to block me from the future I deserved most of my life!  From an abusive step-dad(my moms ex) to a father who was never really there,  and one small phrase completely changed my life!!!

Just Let Go

Its that simple!!!! I’m serious!!! Let it all go!!

Your past is great whether the memories are good or bad and let me explain…

If your past was hard you need to be greatfull for it!  It’s because of all the hardship that you have went through that you are who you are today!

Yes, the same thing goes for good memories in your past! They create who you are!

All that being said I ask that you just let go… don’t worry about your past or even what people have to say about how you act in the present.  Be you and thats all you can do!

So just let go Crush It and Stay Boosted!

Please feel free to comment

As always Be Good and
“Stay Boosted!“

To your Happiness and Success in finding your “Mental Fortunes“

C.J. Hallock

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Honestly…Ask yourself that every day!!!

You have to care in order to do anything!!!!

Yes this includes being happy!!!

What do you want?  and .. Do you think you can get it without caring?

NO!!!!

People do not understand how important this is!  Honest.y I didn’t either until it was brought to my attention by Gary Vaynerchuk.  We talk about all the work we’re doing and don’t care enough to thank our customers,followers,readers and/or whatever it is!!

We, as a species, have to change and show more concern than we do now!!! and Care!!!!

There is nothing more powerful than caring but passion and a made up mind!!! So make up your mind and be passionate about caring for life!!!

Please feel free to comment

As always Be Good and
“Stay Boosted!“

To your Happiness and Success in finding your “Mental Fortunes“

C.J. Hallock

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Now I want to start by saying I wanted to do a fairly large post today but I came across some old notes and want to put up a thought for you but I’m going to keep it short because you need to spend the time you would use reading a long post and think about this….

Here We Go

Be A Champion

Not A Cheerleader

Ok… alot of people talk about what there dreams are and focus on those ahead of them in there field or niche.  The problem is you cannot succeed “cheering” the other people! I’m not saying not to give respect where it is due.  I’m simply saying put yourself above them because if you do not believe yourself to be a champion in whatever field your in then you will stay on the sideline instead of in the game where you need to be!!!

Put yourself ahead of the pack and be a champion, a leader and create the standards for those that will follow!  Don’t cheer the rest on!!!!

Stay Boosted!

C.J. Hallock

ps. No disrespect to Marybeth and the rest of the CCA!!!! Its a theory I’m talking about lol Thank you all for your support!!

I’m going to start by saying this…

I have nothing to gain by sending all of you to Gary Vaynerchuk’s site but the satisfaction of knowing he can change how you look at life!!!

That being said Gary Vaynerchuk recently put out a book called “Crush It” teaching you to cash in on your passion!!!

I’ve read a lot of books in my journey of personal development including:

• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
• Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
• The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
• and many many more!!!

But the concept and message in Crush It has put it on top of my list of favorite books of all time(after the bible of course).

So Why Do I say “Crush It” and “Stay Boosted”?

Here Goes(I’m going to try and not retype the book because I almost know it by memory now!lol)

Crush It!

Live Your Passion

Its that simple! I can stop right here because if your passionate about whatever you do then that’s all that matters but I want to keep going a little bit just because I want you to understand it!!

Crush it, Kill it, Do Work … How ever you want to say it… Follow the rules set in the book(if you can’t find it you can get it here) such as focus on what makes you happy and work on making a living from that.  Podcast, Video Blog, Written Blog and whatever else they come up with mixed with your passion and  patience = Success!

Do What You Love!

It’s simple… If you do what you love then what you do for “work” will not be “work” it will simply be a hobby that you are extremely passionate about!(and make a living at..lol BIG Plus Right?)

I cannot say enough that what Gary Vaynerchuk is doing is extremely positive and leads to Pure Happiness!

Stay Boosted!

If you on this site for the first time and not sure what it means let me tell you…

Simply put “Stay Boosted” is a state of mind!  Staying positive and happy through personal development!

Many people look at it different but I can tell you this if you Stay Boosted, life can and will be better EVERY DAY!!!

Now For The Kicker!

If You “Crush It” and “Stay Boosted”…

What will happen?

Well I cannot make promises but I can tell you my opinion is you can’t go wrong!

Whether you love landscaping or are an attorney if your passion is that … Live It On Your Own Conditions!

I don’t want to get too deep into what “Crush It” is about because you need to read that book if you haven’t already! Do You!

Its a new day and nothing can stop you!

“Crush It” and “Stay Boosted”

Please feel free to comment

As always Be Good and
“Stay Boosted!“

To your Happiness and Success in finding your “Mental Fortunes“

C.J. Hallock

Ps. I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

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