“If you have been looking to move your personal development to a higher level and raise your standards to the stars, then Today is Your Day to Win may seem to have been written specifically with you in mind.” -Martin Gollery, CEO, Sierra Success Technologies, Associate Dir., Nevada Center for Bioinformatics “Today is Your Day to Win is a special book geared toward self reflection and growth. It should be on every leader’s night stand. For what we think about most we become. This book will guide everyone to higher level of success and personal accomplishment.” -Mark J. Miller, MS, ATC, V.P. Operations, Merritt Athletic Clubs “Today is Your Day to Win is chock full of swift kicks to the whatchamacallit to remind you that you have what it takes to reach the next level of personal and professional excellence. Take the plunge! Mike, this book is a winner!!!” -Todd L. Shuler, President and CEO, ThoughtBulb, Inc. “Today is Your Day to Win is a fascinating and inspiring manual that will bring immense joy to your life. Even as a personal success coach myself, I gain brilliant strategies that I use in my own daily life... All thanks to Mike Brescia.” -Ted Hebert, CEO, TRH International & Creator of "Passionate & Fearless Sales Method" “Today is Your Day to Win is the most remarkable demonstration of the power of the human spirit. An enormous source of strength, wisdom and encouragement, I couldn't do without it.” - Dr. Clint Jones, President, Success Consultants Limited “So many motivational tactics do not have the ingredients for getting senior executives to take action - They don't offer motives that are relative. 'Today Is Your Day To Win' by Mike Brescia gives thought provoking reflections that resonate with senior executives or those who seriously want to be.” -Louis P. Kasman, CMC/APR/CBC, President, Marketing/Management Associates, LLC “Today is Your Day to Win should have been published 250 years ago. Too bad that Mike wasn’t able to do just that, because our world would be a much finer place. ” -David L. Kirchner, President, Basin & Range Hydrogeologists, Inc. 2 “Today is Your Day to Win, like a certain cereal, is the breakfast of champions: Read, Think and Repeat!” -David G. Phillips, Pres. & CEO Custom Development Solutions (CDS) “Like a well-balanced diet, Mike's words feed and enhance every aspect of our professional and personal lives. We apply his techniques daily and pay them forward to clients and colleagues.” Matt Dutra, President & Chief Creative, Rubic Design “Today is Your Day to Win is that much needed wake up call that just seems to show up when you need it - on time and on target. It expands your focus when the pressures of the day tend to constrict it.” -John K. Goyak, CEO, JG&A, Inc., Developer of GamePlanTM, A Powerful Strategic Planning Capability “As a quality leader and mother of a child with learning disabilities, I am continually looking for "lessons learned" to share with my organization and children. Today is Your Day to Win is THE TOOL I am using both at work and at home. It is inspiring, positive, proactive...a MUST read for any lifelong learner!” -Sharon Horne-Ellstrom, Director of Quality, Concept2Bakers “Today is Your Day to Win bridges the gap between extraordinary learning skills and taking massive positive action. This book is like a friend who takes a no-nonsense approach…a straight shooter with an aim to win!” -Jon Ensor, National Accounts Manager, UrologyTech LLC “Today is Your Day to Win has changed the destiny of my life and the path that my company will follow forever (a blueprint)-superbly done and well- constructed. I can only see good things coming.” -Michael A. Riberal, North Star Financial Services “Today is Your Day to Win not only motivates, excites and inspires you, it works! I would passionately recommend this book to everyone searching for their winning path.” -Sheryl L. Draschil, CEO, Corporate Image Inc. Author of “I Need You: The Ultimate Relationship Guide” “I have been fortunate enough to spend the last 34 years as a public school principal. One of my most critical jobs has always been helping teachers find new ways to reach children. Today is Your Day to Win is a fantastic source of fuel to lights my teachers' fires. I'm ready for Today is Your Day to Win #2.” -Ivan Kershner, Assistant Principal, Palmetto Middle School, Williamston, SC 3 Foreword When I heard that Mike Brescia was releasing a new book, I was excited and immediately got a copy. Here's why. I've been reading Mike's wisdom for over 18 months now in his Your Day To Win Ezine and not a day goes by that I don't glean a life changing gem from his writings. I've had the opportunity over the last 5 years to interview the most successful people in the world today, Tony Robbins, Robert Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Brown, Jim Rohn and dozens of others, so I know something good when I see it. And Mike Brescia has something good within these pages. Real good. Wherever you are in your life, you can open a page of Today Is Your CopywriteDay To 2003Win and by Michaelyou'll get Brescia, inspired, Th motivated,ink Right Nowand be International, moved to greater Inc. All actionrights andreserved. purpose. This is very rare in books today. ISBN 0-9746614-0-6 Today Is Your Day To Win is the kind of book you want to leave next to your bed and the kind of book that you'll want to tell your friends about. Cover design by Kim Sharp-Kraus SharpYou're Dimensions about to enter an excursion into excellence. Golden, CO As you turn the pages, you'll be turning the pages of your new life. Read and apply. Enjoy! Mike Litman #1 Best-Selling Co-Author, Conversations With Millionaires 4 This is dedicated to you, Grampa. I love you and miss you. Thanks for all the lessons. 5 Today Is Your Day To Win Mike Brescia 6 Today Is Your Day To Win October 2003 All rights reserved. Copyright 2003 by Michael Brescia, Think Right Now! International, Inc. Cover design by Kim Sharp Sharp Dimensions Golden, CO No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. ISBN 0-9746614-0-6 7 How to use this book What you are about to read has changed the lives of thousands around the world. And it can change your life. “Today Is Your Day To Win” will send you on a path of introspection, self- discovery, inner joy, self satisfaction, massive action, and with some “lucky bounces” thrown in, outer success that few ever attain. But I’ll warn you now… If you read a few stories and get sucked in, wanting to read a bunch of them all at once, STOP! Don’t do it. Most people believe that if a little is good, then a lot must be better. Sometimes that’s true. Most times it’s not. The “more is better” belief system makes for overindulgence, addictions, lack of appreciation and many other habit patterns that can squash a person’s unlimited potential and turn their life into hell on earth. Used correctly ‘Today Is Your Day To Win’ is an inspiring action guide to a better life. And like life, this book is meant to be lived one day at a time, not all at once. If you follow this one simple instruction, it will be impossible for you not to be changed dramatically. So I must ask that you refrain from getting caught up in the enthusiasm that each story stirs up and plow through the book in just a few days or weeks. One Fast Session per day. Monday through Friday. That’s it. And DO what each session says to do. Don’t fear, you can do it. Nothing you’ll be asked to do in ‘Today Is Your Day To Win’ is beyond your ability...IF you take it one day at a time. Soon you will find that inner and outer success is not impossible. You’ll see that it’s probable...IF you’ll just follow a few simple instructions. 8 Again, don’t worry. Each Fast Session is designed to motivate you and challenge you and push you like no book you’ve ever read. With these daily calls to action, you’ll find that you’re quickly able to make small changes... changes that produce HUGE results. At the time of this writing, over 70,000 people all over the world receive only a couple of these sessions per week via email, and it’s changing their lives. I get dozens of letters every single day from people across the globe expressing their appreciation for what these simple yet inspiring sessions have done for them... Spaced repetition of positive, empowering, hope-filled thoughts is the key to replacing bad habits with good ones. If you read a number of sessions all at once… if you zoom through the book, nothing will have changed for you because it can’t last. Soon you will be back to the same old ways of feeling and acting. Read one session per day five days per week and reflect on each day’s session throughout your day. Focus only on that day’s session.