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Goal-setting can feel like you are trapped in the movie Groundhog Day: repetitious. Every year, many of us set some version of the same tired goals and likely achieve some, but not all, of them. Many people start to make peace with the monotony of the process, and it gets progressively less exciting every time. [...]

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Defensive goals have been robbing Kristen and me of the peace and flow we are used to. After our 5.5-month nomadic adventure (March-Mid Aug) we begrudgingly settled back into the suburbs to support my 14-year-old in completing high school. Ding Dong!! “Begrudgingly” should be your first hint about offensive vs. defensive goals. Truth is, both [...]

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The other day I was wondering why do some goals make me grumpy?  For most of my life I would set goals, get excited, slowly start to feel less enthusiasm, and… believe it or not… start resenting some of my goals.  I would think, “Really? WTF?!? I’m a positive guy. I’m optimistic. I’m a dreamer. [...]

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The holidays are here – how do we find a little happiness right now?  The 2020 Global Emotions Report by Gallup found that 27 percent of Americans have experienced a lot of sadness this year, and that number is on the rise. (Gallup report) Feeling sadness is a natural part of the human experience. But […]

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  Debbie Spaulder is a retired real estate agent who worked with Matthew for several years before joining the mastermind. She always regarded her family as the highest priority, yet she was not able to spend nearly as much time with them as she liked. Not to mention following a brutal method of real estate […]

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Jamil Damji is a super-achiever who runs a $10M/year real estate business and has successfully transitioned out of its day-to-day activities. He had an awesome life and sought out to attract more abundance, but his ability to build personal relationships and resolve conflicts was sabotaged by his constant criticism and judgment of other people. This […]

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Adrian Cafuentes is a thriving real estate agent who found himself in a very difficult situation: Put all of his energy into his business at the expense of losing spending time with his family, or spend more time with his family and miss out on valuable money-making opportunities it seemed that neither was actually fulfilling […]

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Max Gomez is a highly successful real estate investor who did everything right in his career. But despite his high status, he was at war with himself. He acted one way with business partners and family members while feeling a completely different way inside, and this eventually took its toll on his mental well-being. Read […]

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Eric Thompson had an extremely rough childhood and a difficult first half of his adult life. Bi-polar disorder, depression and unfortunate life circumstances left him feeling as if he was hated by everyone, and this had negative consequences on his business and his family. But thanks to the power of the Ignite Mastermind, Eric now […]

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Lara is a successful real estate agent who felt like she was trapped in the classic “golden handcuffs” situation – on paper you have everything you want, yet you can’t help but feel stuck in your life. But through her introspective work in the mastermind she was able to engineer some awesome quantum shifts.  Meet […]

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