http://mikeharris.org Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:31:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In typical David Letterman fashion, I present for you the top ten ways to improve the life you live. The difference between Letterman’s top tens and mine are that these are serious, not frivolous. And they are particularly applicable to those who are in the process of transforming—physically, mentally, spiritually—or ... http://mikeharris.org/2010/02/22/new-material-top-tens-ways-to-live-joyfully-and-effectively/ April 4 Blog on Fear by: Michael Harris 8/30/2007 The Greatest Enemy to Success! Ready to start that last challenge of the year? You have 3 days left to get at it! A question: This has derailed more challenges than all the other things put together. It not only derails ... http://mikeharris.org/2010/02/20/fear-the-greatest-enemy-to-success/ What’s the one quality you must have to successfully complete a transformation that changes you both on the outside and inside? Many people would suggest things like perseverance, optimism, work ethic, discipline, high pain threshold, stuff like that. But I believe that the most important quality to success is TRUTH. ... http://mikeharris.org/2010/01/15/it-sets-you-free/ Many first time challengers in the body for life transformation contest are puzzled by the term “inner transformation.” The scores that the judges use seem to give a great deal of value to a competitor’s inner transformation, so it certainly behooves you to understand exactly what is meant by ... http://mikeharris.org/2010/01/03/tracking-and-achieving-the-inner-transformation/ According to Bill Phillips, the architect of this fabulous Body for Life system, the contest was designed as a way of giving people motivation to do the challenge and stick with it. But Dave and Amy Sayers are living proof that there are other ways of staying motivated when ... http://mikeharris.org/2010/01/02/dave-and-amys-excellent-adventure-2/ I am a person who found an entire new life in recovery and then in Christianity, and because of how those things impacted my life, three of my great “loves” are slogans that are meaningful, acronyms that are truly memorable, and short passages of wisdom that are life-changing. So, ... http://mikeharris.org/2009/12/14/%e2%80%9cchange-your-mind-change-your-body-change-your-life%e2%80%9d/ It Takes DRIVE to Complete a Good Challenge! by: Michael Harris 7/14/2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ready for another acronym? I think they’re helpful, really, as a way of checking our own behavior. Yesterday’s was borrowed from 12 step recovery, and is a checklist to be sure you don’t get in trouble as a result ... http://mikeharris.org/2009/12/07/rerun-of-d-r-i-v-e-and-d-r-i-f-t/ THE LADY SUCCESS DOCUMENT (a/k/a “The Eight Week Miracle!), compiled by Mike Harris, 2006 Men’s BFL Champion ACTUAL POSTS FROM THE GUESTBOOK OF THE BODY FOR LIFE WEBSITE AND EMAILS SENT TO ME, LAST EDITED 11/27/09 This is a document that consists of either actual guestbook posts from ladies, or responses from personal ... http://mikeharris.org/2009/11/29/latest-lady-success-document-11-27-09/ From here on out, it’s literally a sprint until Christmas and then the end of 2009. How will you remember this year? As a mixture of success and failures? As nothing significant at all? As the biggest year of your life?  Well, how you remember it will largely be determined by ... http://mikeharris.org/2009/11/28/its-just-a-sprint-now/   This is the first in a series of ten blogs about the elements of a life well-lived. It is not DIRECTLY about Transformation principles, but I promise you that every one of the principles I write about is beneficial for helping you to complete and retain the results of an ... http://mikeharris.org/2009/11/13/living-a-life-worth-telling-others-about/