Performing at Your Best: Mindset Evolution with Luis Vicente Garcia

Baseball season is just starting. Coaches, players, fans and staff have a renewed hope to be in the play offs and then winning the World Series. br And here are a series of important elements that will help you make it but one, above all else, is the number one #1 Key to success: Is Your TEAM Ready to win the World Series? brbr It really means asking you the following questions: br - do you have the best players, strategies and coaches? br - Can they work together and at the same time improve their individual abilities? br - How is your farming system and are you constantly training them to reach new levels of performance? brbr There are many important questions that every leader and manager need to answer in order to achieve your organization’s goals and many of them are related to TEAM PERFORMANCE. br Join us on this interesting show as we discuss the importance of TEAMS to achieve our goals and develop their Performance!

Can you improve your business on 30 minutes intervals? This is what Coach John Whitt does with his clients and he will share his concepts, tips and ideas with us this Tuesday April 05, 2016. br I cannot think of a better way to start the second quarter of 2016 to focus on. br When you review where you are today you can focus on what you accomplished in Q1 and what you learned so now as a new quarter comes by you can do small increments on many areas in order to improve continuously. This is what business improvement does and this is what we, as business performance caches, do constantly to improve the lives and business of our clients all over the world. br Understand where you are today, where you want to go, how you can improve constantly, what products and services you have and most importantly ask yourself why you do what you do. br Join me in this interesting episode as John and I guide you on how to get Better Business Results in 30 minute intervals, every week!

What is the importance behind a story? And if it is your story, how valuable is it? br As successful people and professionals we have had an incredible ride, one with its ups and downs; peaks and valleys which result in many lessons learned along the way. br A story, YOUR STORY matters to you and to all. And this is what today show’s guest Viki Winterton has done over the years: helping many people sharing their stories. br Viki is the founder of Expert Insights Publishing and she has helped thousands of people become best-selling authors but more importantly, sharing their personal stories in a way that not only matters but also influences and motivates many others. br This is why your story and your book can skyrocket you for success. br Join me in this very interesting program as you find out how to share your amazing story while becoming a best-selling author along the way.

Business is an art that requires discipline, persistence and skills. One of the main ideas we need to learn is that we constantly have to achieve our goals and increase our motivation in order to achieve peak performance. Martial arts are systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a variety of reasons: self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, entertainment, as well as mental, physical, and spiritual development. Combine the art of business with martial arts and you get incredible combination. In our next show I will be interviewing Winston Price, not only a master martial artist and personal trainer but also the Executive Producer of my radio show at VoiceAmerica. Winston brings together the intense discipline he has learned through Martial Arts with the skills he has learned in business where he inspires, motivates and helps maximize the opportunities of the people he coaches. Join us as you will discover the 'Martial Art of Business'.

Too many ideas came to mind when I wrote the name for this radio show. Change Your Smile and Change your Life? From Smiling to Success? Smile for Success? Either one is very appropriate as it is all in our Mindset, our Positive Attitude. I met Dr. Tomas Seif over 30 years ago. Yes he is a dentist and also an entrepreneur. How do you go from learning one skill at the university to leading an entire organization of professionals and having success along the way? By doing what you are passionate about. Understanding that your attitude is a key determinant of your entire life and eventually your personal and professional success will affect everything you do, and even hanging your smile. This is what Tomas does for his patients and he has a really incredible approach to do it. Join us in this exciting program with Dr. Tomas Seif DDS and learn how to “Smile your War to Success!”

When you decide to start an important quest, there will certainly be many questions on your head. Could I do it? Will I fail? Will I succeed? How? When I met Michelle Poler she had already embarked on what became her life project: Facing her Fears. And it has been transformational. How many fears do you have? Some may be fear of failing, being rejected or not achieving. And if you think that way, you will never do. If you are determined to finish strong you really have to get rid of your fears, even the simpler ones. This is what Michelle has taught us: you can Escape from Your Fears. As many have found, you can be afraid even of starting and taking action. Performance is about Action, decisiveness, being fearless. This is what we will cover in this fearless show. Join me as I interview Michelle Poler as she talks to us about her 100 days of Fear, her new ideas and how she decided to take Action!

What are the key habits of top athletes and performers? When you identify the key elements that define successful people and teams we need to relate our corporate world to sports. Athletes work on developing a plan and a strategy that will take them to become champions, to see themselves on the podium. This is what we also need to do in our organizations. From HR to IT to Finance or sales we all want a winning team with top performers. In many cases we need to help them grow into what Sheena Walker calls ‘The Corporate Athlete’. A person who is successful has developed positive and successful habits and in doing so, you can change your mindset and attitude. It is the concept of performance related to understanding how you and your team can generate positive results. Join me in this very interesting live conversation with coach Sheena Walker all the way from Scotland as we define the key elements to top performance

As we learn about how to improve our Performance we need to understand that learning about CHANGE is a critical and key ingredient for Success. We know that change happens when we alter the form or nature of something; I will include of someone as well. Change is always present in everything we do, whether it is in or personal or professional lives. It affects our society, our families and the companies we work and interact with. George Bernard Shaw said “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” This is why understanding that change can have positive and everlasting implications of growth, evolution and transformation is extremely important in today’s world. Join me in this episode as we see the concepts of performance and mindset from the perspective of becoming a change leader.

When we combine the definitions of ‘Attitude’ and ‘Performance’, we find a really interesting combination: one that allows us to focus, set our goals and particularly define how we want our mindset to work. Attitude has been defined as the “manner or disposition with regards to a person or a thing”. However, when we look at its meaning from a performance point of view, it defines how we behave and what we feel towards a person, thing, company or market. This is why then the concept of Performance Attitude is a key ingredient of what you can do, how you behave and what you will be able to accomplish. Join us on this episode of ‘Performance at Your Best’ as we explore how to combine the positive aspects of Performance and Attitude.

When I decided to work on my own to help business owners and managers, I understood the importance of Business Coaching which is focused on Performance. This is what FocalPoint Coaching – powered by Brian Tracy -does for our clients. br We focus them on working and achieving their goals, developing their teams and improving their performance. We guide you from understanding the clarity (identifying where you are and where you want to go), to selling more, growing your businesses and developing leaders in your organization. And it goes alongside with an incredible program for training your team members in areas from sales to peak performance. As a FocalPoint coach I get to help teams and companies grow. br And in this show I will be interviewing Dominic Rubino who is the EVP for FocalPoint Coaching and Training. Join us as we discuss how business performance coaching will allow to grow and perform better.

Motivation has been defined as the “act or instance of motivating or providing a reason to act in a certain way or to accomplish something”. So as a verb, it activates “action”. br Motivation is a key ingredient for success and we must understand that everything we do and dare to do, allow us to move forward no matter what happens to us, to fight adversity and to continue building and working to create our better future. Being motivated is already a challenge by itself. This for you means: stay motivated every day to motivate and inspire others does matter. br As Coach Pat Railey once said: “a champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.” I would add, we all need motivation above all. br Join me as we start understanding the importance of motivation for today’s challenges and opportunities.

When you visit StarShine Academy in one of the hardest hit areas in Phoenix, AZ you immediately understand that it has been a process to transform the future through education! br A K-12 school focused on the principles and values that kids and children need to learn for today’s world which of course will include how they dedicate their lives for something meaningful. br When I met Trish McCarty over three years ago she talked so passionately about the kids and teenagers they were teaching at StarShine that when I had the opportunity I went for a visit (walls are painted in Disney ® Blue!) and I had the incredible chance to talk to many amazing students. In Trish’s words: “Our non-profit charter school has given us a live, testing model for cutting-edge practices, tools, educational methodologies and technologies. br Since then,Trish and so many incredible individuals have gathered at the Vatican in Rome to design the curriculum for the new way of teaching for the future!

Business is an art that requires discipline, persistence and skills. One of the main ideas we need to learn is that we constantly have to achieve our goals and increase our motivation in order to achieve peak performance. Martial arts are systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a variety of reasons: self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, entertainment, as well as mental, physical, and spiritual development. Combine the art of business with martial arts and you get incredible combination. In our next show I will be interviewing Winston Price, not only a master martial artist and personal trainer but also the Executive Producer of my radio show at VoiceAmerica. Winston brings together the intense discipline he has learned through Martial Arts with the skills he has learned in business where he inspires, motivates and helps maximize the opportunities of the people he coaches. Join us as you will discover the 'Martial Art of Business'.

Productivity is a key topic in today’s business world. It mixes what you do with how you do it and why you do it. Doing it right is not enough. You also need to do it effectively and efficiently. Do you know how do you, your team and your company use your resources? The main resources we all have are time, people and funds. In other words we need to use them wisely. Productivity has been defined as “a measure of the efficiency of a person, machine, factory, system, etc., in converting inputs into useful outputs.” So it is actually the best and most efficient use of the resources we have in order to obtain a better and bigger output. Yes of products, services, ideas, projects and all that you and your company do. And of course they all relate to our main theme: PERFORMANCE. Join us on this interesting episode as we talk on the very important subject of Productivity.

Welcome to 2016! br It can be a magnificent year, it can be an incredible year where you can write your own stories, prepare a new plan and work on your goals in order to achieve them. A new year is a wonderful opportunity to create everything we want for ourselves, our teams, and our companies. br A new year is a blank page; that of a new book in your life, in the history of your company. As we start this New Year let’s imagine the impossible, let’s imagine what we can achieve. br We all have our resources: time, team, money and our strategies. How we take action and how we can implement all we need to do will require effort, dedication and determination. br A new concept for me in management is that of Dynamic Management. It will allow you to create your new plan, work on your new positive habits and design your new blueprint for a magnificent and a memorable 2016! br Listen to our show, learn to improve your performance levels and achieve your imminent success in 2016.

As we enter the final week of the year, it is extremely important that we all see where we are and what we have achieved. By doing this, we can understand everything we did to get us to the particular point in which we are today. Stop and reassess is a very interesting concept that we use at FocalPoint Coaching which allows us to review where we are with a particular client, particularly after finishing a very important task. For you, as we end this 2015, it will require evaluating what you did this year, your goals, your plans and all the actions you implemented. Then you can review where you are at in every single item of your plan and whether or not you achieved your goals. Join us on this interesting program as we discuss how you can evaluate your performance this year.

There are different ways you can change into the future; one of them is having a better home. Today, being an owner-builder has become a very interesting way of learning how to build a better home/place for you and your family while reducing the investment needed to do so. And that savings could go to having a bigger home, new furniture or having new plans. Leeza and Matt Sipek have become specialists in the owner builder arena and back in 2012 Leeza and co-author Hazel Foote launched the first series of their book the Owner-Builder in Australia. Last week they launched the second series The American Owner-builder, which has already become a best seller. Join me for this episode of ‘Performing at Your Best’ as I interview Leeza Sipek and we learn about this chanign way of building your own house.

Experience the social reality of our world through different eyes. Alex Cequea has travelled the world and seen it from a different perspective, that which allows you to feel as if you were living in the regions he has visited; and he achieves it through understanding the importance of empathy. Travelling 13 countries in 3 months and now through animated video production and participatory missions, Alex has been able to show us how the world‘s issues are seeing and understood. And all of it has important implications to our lives. At the end, it is very important that all businesses - in every corner of the world - need to understand a new vision of the social realities in our current environment. Join me as I interview Alex Cequea and we embark in an interesting social context conversation.

The year has been a transformational one for many people I have talked in the many places. For me, 2015 started with the trip that a group of people did the first week of January to Oaxaca, Mexico, with the International Entrepreneur Foundation and the National Association of Experts, Writers and Speakers. br Our Mission was to teach ‘entrepreneurship’ to the teens at ARMONIA while helping them build an Entrepreneurial Center. Not only did we have a learning experience on our own; it led to the making of a wonderful documentary “ARMONIA: Together Transforming Poverty into LIFE!”. br This past weekend on Dec. 05 the whole ARMONIA Documentary Team gathered in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl., as the documentary has been nominated for an EMMY Award, which of course leads to new and even greater opportunities for so many people around the world who live in poverty and can have a better future. br You can watch the documentary and help ARMONIA on the following link: http://www.armoniamovie.com/

When we talk about Leaders many incredible people come to mind and we start to think about the companies that are doing amazing things. Thus, Leadership is a critical element that helps any person become someone who empowers, guides and inspires their team. A Leader is a person who has already decided to be a change factor, to be a change agent. Combining these two elements will differentiate you as a motivational individual. Join me as we start to describe the importance of Leadership to our personal and professional lives.